different between janitor vs sexton

English

Etymology

From Latin ianitor (doorkeeper)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d??æn?t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d??æn?t?/

Noun

janitor (plural janitors) (female: janitress or janitrix (rare))

1. (chiefly US) Someone who looks after the maintenance and cleaning of a public building.
   1. (Scotland) A caretaker or custodian; someone who maintains a school building specifically and may serve other administrative roles.
2. A doorman.
3. (Internet slang, 4chan, sometimes derogatory) A moderator for a discussion forum.

Synonyms

• (mostly British) caretaker
• cleaner
• (British) concierge
• (One who maintains a collection, especially in a museum): curator
• custodian
• (One who cleans and maintains a garden): groundskeeper
• maintenance person
• (One who maintains a forum): moderator, mod
• porter

Derived terms

• janitoriat

Translations

English

Etymology

From Old French segrestien, from Medieval Latin sacristanus, based on Latin sacer (“sacred”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?k.st?n/
• Hyphenation: sex?ton

Noun

sexton (plural sextons)

1. A church official who looks after a church building and its graveyard and may act as a gravedigger and bell-ringer.
2. A sexton beetle.

Synonyms

• sacristan

Translations

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish sæxtan, siæxt?n, from Old Norse sextán, from Proto-Germanic *sehstehun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?ks?t?n/

Numeral

sexton

1. sixteen

Related terms

• sextonde
• sextondel