Clerk vs. Teller

Clerk vs. Teller — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Clerk and Teller

Clerknoun

One who occupationally works with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.

Tellernoun

A person who tells stories.

Clerknoun

(Quakerism) A facilitator of a Quaker meeting for business affairs.

Tellernoun

A bank clerk who receives and pays out money.

Clerknoun

(archaic) In the Church of England, the layman that assists in the church service, especially in reading the responses (also called parish clerk).

Tellernoun

(banking) automated teller machine

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Clerknoun

(archaic) A cleric or clergyman.

Tellernoun

A person who counts the votes in an election.

Clerknoun

(obsolete) A scholar.

Tellernoun

United States physicist (born in Hungary) who worked on the first atom bombs and the first hydrogen bomb (born in 1908)

Clerkverb

To act as a clerk, to perform the duties or functions of a clerk

The law school graduate clerked for the supreme court judge for the summer.

Tellernoun

an official appointed to count the votes (especially in legislative assembly)

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Clerknoun

an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts)

Tellernoun

an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money

Clerknoun

a salesperson in a store

Tellernoun

someone who tells a story

Clerkverb

work as a clerk, as in the legal business