employee vs gofer

gofer vs employee

employee and gofer both are nouns.

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

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

employee: a worker who is hired to perform a job
gofer: an employee whose duties include running errands

Other hyponyms of employee include barkeep, barkeeper, bartender, mixologist, clerk, company man, copyist, scribe, scrivener, copywriter, crewman, deliverer, delivery boy, deliveryman, dining-room attendant, restaurant attendant, dispatcher, dog catcher, floater, floorwalker, shopwalker, gardener, gasman, 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)	gofer (noun)
a worker who is hired to perform a job	an employee whose duties include running errands

Difference between employee and gofer

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