employee vs porter

porter vs employee

employee and porter both are nouns.

employee is not a verb while porter is a verb.

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

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

employee: a worker who is hired to perform a job
porter: a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)

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, gofer, hire, hired help, hireling, pensionary, jobholder, line worker, liveryman, office boy, organization man, 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)	porter (noun)
a worker who is hired to perform a job	a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley
	a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
	a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)
	someone who guards an entrance

employee (verb)	porter (verb)
	carry luggage or supplies

Difference between employee and porter

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