employee vs clerk

clerk vs employee

employee and clerk both are nouns.

employee is not a verb while clerk is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
employee	Yes	No	No	No
clerk	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, clerk is a hyponym of employee; that is, clerk is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than employee:

employee: a worker who is hired to perform a job
clerk: an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts)

Other hyponyms of employee include barkeep, barkeeper, bartender, mixologist, company man, copyist, scribe, scrivener, copywriter, crewman, deliverer, delivery boy, deliveryman, dining-room attendant, restaurant attendant, dispatcher, dog catcher, floater, floorwalker, shopwalker, gardener, gasman, gofer, hire, hired help, hireling, pensionary, jobholder, line worker, liveryman, office boy, organization man, porter, Pullman porter, potboy, potman, public servant, registrar, sales rep, sales representative, salesperson, sandwichman, spotter, spotter, staff member, staffer, stage technician, stagehand, stock-taker, stocktaker, sweeper, toll agent, toll collector, toll taker, toller, tollgatherer, tollkeeper, tollman, railroad man, railroader, railway man, railwayman, trainman, turncock, typist, working man, working person, workingman, workman.

employee (noun)	clerk (noun)
a worker who is hired to perform a job	an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts)
	a salesperson in a store

employee (verb)	clerk (verb)
	work as a clerk, as in the legal business

Difference between employee and clerk

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