Secretary vs. Receptionist

A person employed to handle correspondence, keep files, and do clerical work for another person or an organization.

An office worker employed chiefly to receive visitors and answer the telephone.

An officer who keeps records, takes minutes of the meetings, and answers correspondence, as for a company.

An employee (such as a secretary) who works in reception (receiving visitors and/or calls) for a person or business, especially an office.

An official who presides over an administrative department of state.

(theology) A proponent of receptionism.

A desk with a small bookcase on top.

A secretary whose main duty is to answer the telephone and receive visitors

(obsolete) Someone entrusted with a secret; a confidant.

(obsolete) Someone employed as a scribe for personal correspondence.

A person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical work.

The head of a department of government.

A managerial or leading position in certain non-profit organizations, such as political parties, trade unions, international organizations.

(US) A type of desk, secretary desk; a secretaire.

A secretary bird, a bird of the species Sagittarius serpentarius.

(transitive) To serve as a secretary of.

One who keeps, or is intrusted with, secrets.

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.

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.

A piece of furniture, with conveniences for writing and for the arrangement of papers; an escritoire.

The secretary bird.

A person who is head of an administrative department of government

An assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization

A person to whom a secret is entrusted

A desk used for writing