Difference between Clerking and Bookkeeping

What is the difference between Clerking and Bookkeeping?

Clerking as a verb is to act as a clerk, to perform the duties or functions of a clerk while Bookkeeping as a verb is to do bookkeeping.

Part of speech: verb

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

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To do bookkeeping.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: accounting: the skill or practice of keeping books or systematic records of financial transactions, e.g. income and expenses

We hope you now know whether to use Clerking or Bookkeeping in your sentence.