managing director vs manager

managing director and manager both are nouns.

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

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

managing director and manager: someone who controls resources and expenditures

Other synonyms of managing director include director.

managing director (noun)	manager (noun)
someone who controls resources and expenditures	someone who controls resources and expenditures
	(sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team