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Secretary vs. Stenographer — What's the Difference?

Secretary vs. Stenographer — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Secretary and Stenographer

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Secretary

A secretary, administrative professional, or personal assistant is a person whose work consists of supporting management, including executives, using a variety of project management, communication, or organizational skills. However this role should not be confused with the role of an executive secretary, who differs from a personal assistant.

Stenographer

One skilled in stenography, especially one employed to transcribe court proceedings verbatim.

Secretary

A person employed by an individual or in an office to assist with correspondence, make appointments, and carry out administrative tasks
She was secretary to David Wilby MP

Stenographer

Someone skilled in the transcription of speech (for example, a secretary who takes dictation).

Secretary

A person employed to handle correspondence, keep files, and do clerical work for another person or an organization.
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Stenographer

One who is skilled in stenography; a writer of shorthand.

Secretary

An officer who keeps records, takes minutes of the meetings, and answers correspondence, as for a company.

Stenographer

Someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation)

Secretary

An official who presides over an administrative department of state.

Secretary

A desk with a small bookcase on top.

Secretary

(obsolete) Someone entrusted with a secret; a confidant.

Secretary

(obsolete) Someone employed as a scribe for personal correspondence.

Secretary

A person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical work.
I have a personal secretary to help me organize my clients.
The secretary at the school is in charge of communication between parents, students, and staff.

Secretary

The head of a department of government.

Secretary

A managerial or leading position in certain non-profit organizations, such as political parties, trade unions, international organizations.

Secretary

(US) A type of desk, secretary desk; a secretaire.

Secretary

A secretary bird, a bird of the species Sagittarius serpentarius.

Secretary

(transitive) To serve as a secretary of.

Secretary

One who keeps, or is intrusted with, secrets.

Secretary

A person employed to write orders, letters, dispatches, public or private papers, records, and the like; an official scribe, amanuensis, or writer; one who attends to correspondence, and transacts other business, for an association, a public body, or an individual.
That which is most of all profitable is acquaintance with the secretaries, and employed men of ambassadors.

Secretary

An officer of state whose business is to superintend and manage the affairs of a particular department of government, and who is usually a member of the cabinet or advisory council of the chief executive; as, the secretary of state, who conducts the correspondence and attends to the relations of a government with foreign courts; the secretary of the treasury, who manages the department of finance; the secretary of war, etc.

Secretary

A piece of furniture, with conveniences for writing and for the arrangement of papers; an escritoire.

Secretary

The secretary bird.

Secretary

A person who is head of an administrative department of government

Secretary

An assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization

Secretary

A person to whom a secret is entrusted

Secretary

A desk used for writing

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