What's the difference between caretaker and concierge?

Caretaker


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In 1943 Konrad Lorenz postulated that certain infantile cues served as releasers for caretaking behaviour in human adults.
  • (2) The parents of caretakers of 85 randomly selected patients were interviewed in the emergency room waiting area.
  • (3) The potential for abuse in the child's caretaker, a child who is somewhat different, and a stressful situation are ingredients which often interact to produce maltreatment.
  • (4) The former midfielder has worked with the club’s academy since 2009 and has now served as caretaker manager on four separate occasions.
  • (5) Under one scenario, a caretaker prime minister would take over until the next national election.
  • (6) Torres departed with Dalglish, Liverpool's caretaker manager, insisting the club were on the rise and could withstand any major loss, just as they did when he replaced Kevin Keegan as a player in 1977 and when he reinvested Ian Rush's transfer fee from Juventus in 1987.
  • (7) In each household, interviews were completed with one adolescent and his or her female caretaker.
  • (8) A witness said he saw Ray Fisher, 75, who was a retired former engineer and caretaker who loved wildlife and bred koi carp, shot twice by Rezgui from a range of about three yards as he sat on a sunlounger.
  • (9) Mandela then returned to Liliesleaf farm, the secret base of the ANC's military wing in Rivonia, Johannesburg, where he wore blue overalls to pose as a caretaker under the alias David Motsamayi.
  • (10) Complications were not reported by any owner or caretaker.
  • (11) When this "skin function" of the caretaking object fails, real skin lesions may follow.
  • (12) He cited the example of the Howard government’s terrorism ads in the 2004 during a caretaker period.
  • (13) Ten games later he becomes Preston’s caretaker manager when Lee Chapman is sacked – but misses out on the full-time job to John Beck.
  • (14) Evidence included photographs and video taken from inside a flat with a hidden camera that had been installed with the help of a caretaker.
  • (15) A system was designed to monitor the air flow through isolation units and to alert animal caretakers in the event of any interruption in air flow.
  • (16) Failure of the caretaker to seek help for the consequences of a band may suggest that the bands were intentionally placed.
  • (17) But despite Chelsea’s defensive lapses this season, neither Mourinho nor his successor Guus Hiddink, the caretaker boss, has fielded Djilobodji in a Premier League game.
  • (18) The compound hood did not perform quite as well when not in use (set aside during infant caretaking) with the nebulizer remaining on.
  • (19) Respondents who had received inadequate help with caretaking responsibilities experienced more intense symptoms of grief subsequent to the death compared with those who reported receiving adequate caretaking support.
  • (20) The club’s former academy head had been widely tipped to replace previous incumbent Darko Milanic, who was in charge for just 32 days, and this permanent appointment follows three separate stints as caretaker manager at Elland Road for the former Barnsley player.

Concierge


Definition:

  • (n.) One who keeps the entrance to an edifice, public or private; a doorkeeper; a janitor, male or female.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) His latest thinking includes introducing concierge desks to welcome shoppers and tapas bars in its wine departments.
  • (2) Similarly, Facebook’s recent experimentation with its AI concierge, M, could lead to Zuckerberg having a more natural-language conversation with his own Jarvis than he’d be able to create on his own.
  • (3) At the time of purchase Henley Concierge was registered to a cottage on Borodin's £120m country estate near Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.
  • (4) • 1050 East Palm Canyon Drive (+1 760 323 1858, thehorizonhotel.com ); double rooms from $109 The Movie Colony Movie Colony, Palm Springs Concierge John-Michael swears that Jim Morrison made the leap from balcony to pool here in 1969, and that Frank Sinatra was a resident while his nearby home was being renovated – and even though the myth of celebrity tends to get overblown, if not utterly fabricated, in southern California, we found no reason not to take him at his word.
  • (5) Hong Kong Rent: HK$40,000 (£3,160) shared between two Deposit: Three months rent Property: Two-bedroom, 84 sq m apartment with pool, gym, sauna, playground, shuttle-bus, concierge, gardens, car park and clubhouse Tenancy length: Two years Adrian Warr Adrian Warr, 35, moved to Hong Kong for a new job in PR earlier this year.
  • (6) He is not the only high-flyer to choose the slightly dog-eared charms of The White House over a Four Seasons suite with a mini-bar and 24-hour concierge somewhere abroad.
  • (7) He did not answer questions about Henley Concierge, but said he was invited to the 2013 event, which took place at Old Billingsgate market, City of London.
  • (8) "As One Commercial Street is located on the edge of the City, we have built a product that appeals to this market of young professionals and families who want to live close to their place of work and enjoy the benefits of a full concierge service and hotel style lobby, which they pay a premium for through their service charge.
  • (9) "The difficulty is, and this is what the developers will say, is that the high charges, the concierge charges, the charges for all the services in the building, cannot always be met in a uniform way by all the tenants, and that's why they make this case for dual access."
  • (10) His father, a former soldier, took work where he could find it – in a biscuit factory, as a concierge; his mother worked as a cleaner at the local bus station.
  • (11) And so I set off to do a little detective work of my own, to discover whether Maigret’s Paris, full of squalid, storied hotels with communal bathrooms, apartment buildings with nosy concierges and, most importantly, characterful regional bistros and hyper-provincial bars, could still be found.
  • (12) The development, which arrived in London at around the same time as the Bank's governor, is made up of four smart, concierge-served blocks of mainly one- and two-bedroom flats.
  • (13) There is luxury marble tiling and plush sofas, and a sign on the door alerts residents to the fact that the concierge is available.
  • (14) A concierge will do "anything from booking their flights to putting cartons of milk in their fridges", as the sales manager Alexander von Albert sells it.
  • (15) Not everything in the magazine is available on the Net-A-Porter website, but the firm promises to help shoppers find a way to buy most items, with links to brands' own websites or a concierge service.
  • (16) 5by (Free) Styling itself as a “video concierge”, this app is the work of website StumbleUpon, promising to provide a stream of web videos based on your interests, current mood and the time of day.
  • (17) A concierge at the Plaza on Monday referred questions to a spokeswoman, who subsequently declined to comment.
  • (18) Each hut will be made up of two traditional-looking huts cleverly joined together, allowing sleeping room for between four and six people, with one bedroom, fitted kitchen, bathroom, sitting area and 24-hour concierge service.
  • (19) Even banana republics have cash: it just ends up in the hands of a very few people – ask the bank managers of Switzerland or the hotel concierges of Paris.
  • (20) In 2012, when Songza relaunched its service with its "Music Concierge" option for contextual playlists, it was pioneering, and its steady growth in the US – it had 5.5 million active users by the end of 2013 – was the spur for those bigger rivals to introduce similar features.

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