Secretary vs. Receptionist

Secretary and Receptionist Definitions
Secretary
A person employed to handle correspondence, keep files, and do clerical work for another person or an organization.
Receptionist
An office worker employed chiefly to receive visitors and answer the telephone.
Secretary
An officer who keeps records, takes minutes of the meetings, and answers correspondence, as for a company.
Receptionist
An employee (such as a secretary) who works in reception (receiving visitors and/or calls) for a person or business, especially an office.
Secretary
An official who presides over an administrative department of state.
Receptionist
(theology) A proponent of receptionism.
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Secretary
A desk with a small bookcase on top.
Receptionist
A secretary whose main duty is to answer the telephone and receive visitors
Secretary
(obsolete) Someone entrusted with a secret; a confidant.
Secretary
(obsolete) Someone employed as a scribe for personal correspondence.
Secretary
A person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical work.
I have a personal secretary to help me organize my clients.
The secretary at the school is in charge of communication between parents, students, and staff.
Secretary
The head of a department of government.
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Secretary
A managerial or leading position in certain non-profit organizations, such as political parties, trade unions, international organizations.
Secretary
(US) A type of desk, secretary desk; a secretaire.
Secretary
A secretary bird, a bird of the species Sagittarius serpentarius.
Secretary
(transitive) To serve as a secretary of.
Secretary
One who keeps, or is intrusted with, secrets.
Secretary
A person employed to write orders, letters, dispatches, public or private papers, records, and the like; an official scribe, amanuensis, or writer; one who attends to correspondence, and transacts other business, for an association, a public body, or an individual.
That which is most of all profitable is acquaintance with the secretaries, and employed men of ambassadors.
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Secretary
An officer of state whose business is to superintend and manage the affairs of a particular department of government, and who is usually a member of the cabinet or advisory council of the chief executive; as, the secretary of state, who conducts the correspondence and attends to the relations of a government with foreign courts; the secretary of the treasury, who manages the department of finance; the secretary of war, etc.
Secretary
A piece of furniture, with conveniences for writing and for the arrangement of papers; an escritoire.
Secretary
The secretary bird.
Secretary
A person who is head of an administrative department of government
Secretary
An assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization
Secretary
A person to whom a secret is entrusted
Secretary
A desk used for writing