Difference between Keeper and Steward

What is the difference between Keeper and Steward?

Keeper as a noun is a person who keeps something. while Steward as a noun is a person who manages the property or affairs for another entity.

Keeper

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A person who keeps something. Someone or something worth keeping. A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard. The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket. Short form of goalkeeper, wicketkeeper. A part of a mechanism that catches or retains another part, for example the part of a door lock that fits in the frame and receives the bolt. An offensive play in which the quarterback runs toward the goal with the ball after it is snapped.

Example sentence: Of course, getting to be No. 1 keeper in the world is a tough ask because there are loads of goalkeepers out there and some very good ones, too. But I always try to give my very best to reach that standard.

Steward

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To act as the steward or caretaker of (something)

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A person who manages the property or affairs for another entity.A ship's officer who is in charge of making dining arrangements and provisions.A flight attendant, especially but not exclusively a male flight attendant. Often as "air steward", "airline steward", etc.A union member who is selected as a representative for fellow workers in negotiating terms with management. [syn: shop steward]A person who has charge of buildings and/or grounds and/or animals. [syn: custodian, keeper]In IT, somebody who is responsible for managing a set of projects, products or technologies and how they affect the IT organization to which they belong.

Example sentence: You have to be sort of an emotional steward to really get a business to do something hard - to take people up the hill, to conquer the mountain, to sack the city. You have got to be a maniac.

We hope you now know whether to use Keeper or Steward in your sentence.

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