director vs manager

director and manager both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
director	Yes	No	No	No
manager	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, director and manager are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of director include managing director.

director (noun)	manager (noun)
someone who controls resources and expenditures	someone who controls resources and expenditures
the person who leads a musical group	(sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team
someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show
member of a board of directors
the person who directs the making of a film