Secretary vs. Stenographer

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.

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

a person employed by an individual or in an office to assist with correspondence, make appointments, and carry out administrative tasks

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

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

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

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

someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation)

An official who presides over an administrative department of state.

A desk with a small bookcase on top.

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

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

A person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical work.

The head of a department of government.

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

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

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

(transitive) To serve as a secretary of.

One who keeps, or is intrusted with, secrets.

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.

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.

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

The secretary bird.

a person who is head of an administrative department of government

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

a person to whom a secret is entrusted

a desk used for writing