different between superintendent vs manager

English

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin superintendens, a calque of Ancient Greek ????????? (epískopos); thence being distantly related to English bishop.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?sju?p???n?t?nd?nt/, /?su?p???n?t?nd?nt/

Noun

superintendent (plural superintendents)

1. A person who is authorized to supervise, direct or administer something.
2. (Commonwealth of Nations) A police rank used in Commonwealth countries, ranking above chief inspector, and below chief superintendent.
3. The manager of a building, usually a communal residence, who is responsible for keeping the facilities functional and often collecting rent or similar payments, either as also the building's landlord or on behalf of same. Often abbreviated "super".
4. The head of a Sunday school.
5. In some Protestant churches, a clergyman having the oversight of the clergy of a district.
6. (chiefly US) A janitor.

Synonyms

• manager
• foreman
• chief, head, head man
• controller, comptroller
• overseer
• supervisor

Derived terms

• supt. (abbreviation)
• SP (abbreviation)
• chief superintendent
• detective superintendent (DSupt)
• detective chief superintendent (DCS)
• superintendential

Related terms

• superintend
• superintendency

Translations

See also

• (policing) police constable (PC), woman police constable (WPC), detective constable (DC), detective sergeant (DS), detective inspector (DI), detective chief inspector (DCI)

Adjective

superintendent (not comparable)

1. Overseeing; superintending.

Romanian

Etymology

From German Superintendent

Noun

superintendent m (plural superintenden?i)

1. superintendent

Declension

English

Etymology

manage +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?mæn.?.d??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?mæn.?.d??/
• Hyphenation: man?a?ger

Noun

manager (plural managers)

1. (management) A person whose job is to manage something, such as a business, a restaurant, or a sports team.
   • 2013, Phil McNulty, "[1]", BBC Sport, 1 September 2013:

     And it was a fitting victory for Liverpool as Anfield celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of their legendary Scottish manager Bill Shankly.

2. (baseball) The head coach.
3. (music) An administrator, for a singer or group. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
4. (computer software) A window or application whose purpose is to give the user the control over some aspect of the system.

   a file manager; a task manager; Program Manager

Synonyms

• (person who manages): administrator, boss, chief, controller, comptroller, foreman, head, head man, overseer, organizer, superintendent, supervisor

Derived terms

• line manager
• middle manager
• package manager
• player-manager

Descendants

Related terms

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English manager.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?.n?.d??r/
• Hyphenation: ma?na?ger

Noun

manager m (plural managers, diminutive managertje n)

1. A manager, someone in management.

Derived terms

• interim-manager

French

Etymology

From English manager

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.na.d???/, /ma.na.d?œ?/

Noun

manager m (plural managers)

1. (sports, Europe) manager

Synonyms

• (Quebec) gérant

Further reading

• “manager” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• magnera, mangera

Italian

Etymology

From English manager.

Noun

manager m (plural managers)

1. (sports, business) manager

Anagrams

• magnare
• magnerà
• mangerà

Further reading

• manager in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??n?.d???r/

Noun

manager m pers (feminine managerka)

1. (management) Alternative spelling of mened?er.
2. (music) Alternative spelling of mened?er.

Declension

Derived terms

• (verb) managerowa?
• (noun) managerstwo
• (adjective) managerski

Related terms

• (adverb) managersko

Further reading

• manager in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• manager in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Noun

manager m (plural managers)

1. Alternative form of mánager