managing director vs director

managing director and director both are nouns.

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

As nouns, managing director and director are synonyms defined as:

managing director and director: someone who controls resources and expenditures

Other synonyms of managing director include manager.

managing director (noun)	director (noun)
someone who controls resources and expenditures	someone who controls resources and expenditures
	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