manager vs director

manager and director both are nouns.

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

As nouns, manager and director are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of manager include managing director.

manager (noun)	director (noun)
someone who controls resources and expenditures	someone who controls resources and expenditures
(sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team	the person who leads a musical group
	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