What's the difference between greeter and janitor?

Greeter


Definition:

  • (n.) One who greets or salutes another.
  • (n.) One who weeps or mourns.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In the defined conditions the yield is greeter than 80%.
  • (2) For details of Marseille greeters see marseilleprovencegreeters.com
  • (3) "Maybe we can be greeters at Walmart," Gilligan said.
  • (4) We thought we were meeting Eva, tourist "greeter" and founder of artists' network Les Femmes du Panier, at Marseille's town hall at 3.30pm.
  • (5) That is why it is so important for there to be "greeters" outside the courthouse: every smile of support in this brief instant is worth its weight in gold.
  • (6) All that is required of any foreign personage is to speed along the line of greeters, murmuring: "Jolly good show – carry on."
  • (7) There’s no reception desk, just an iPad-wielding greeter in a space decked out with baby grand piano, repurposed theatre seats, vintage spotlights and gramophone horn light fittings.
  • (8) Applicants for the benefit will be met by "meeters and greeters, buddies if you like, to ensure that people aren't overly anxious as they wait for their assessment", Duckworth says.
  • (9) 11.23am BST Our retail correspondent Zoe Wood flags up that M&S shareholders are not happy about having to drudge to the home of football ( they often flock the Royal Festival Hall on South Ban k) Zoe Wood (@zoewoodguardian) Oh dear M&S shareholders already grumpy about the hike up to Wembley with greeters getting an ear bashing.
  • (10) Outside once more, I dropped in on the nearby Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), and met Downtown greeters with straw hats and purple polo shirts, in place to give tourists free advice.
  • (11) Disabled workers and those hurt on the job had an easier time getting modified duty like working as a greeter seated on a stool, advocates such as A Better Balance said.

Janitor


Definition:

  • (n.) A door-keeper; a porter; one who has the care of a public building, or a building occupied for offices, suites of rooms, etc.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) When occupations were examined individually, motor vehicle operators, truck drivers, vehicle mechanics, other mechanics, and janitors were among those most likely to be diagnosed with high-grade or late-stage tumors.
  • (2) Raymond Bravo, 36, from San Pablo, California, who earned $10.25 an hour as a janitor for a Walmart's Richmond Hilltop Mall store in California, working 30 hours a week, said he was fired from his job after taking part in the strikes and demonstrations in June.
  • (3) He was magnificent as the mouldy old white-haired janitor, master of the mop and bucket, supervising an invisible gathering to hear the very last message for humanity.
  • (4) If he was a cartoon character, he’d be … Penry, the mild mannered janitor .
  • (5) Men employed as janitors and in other building service occupations showed increased relative risk for aggressive tumors (OR = 7.0, CI = 2.5-19.6).
  • (6) In domestic politics, Gingrich has advocated getting rid of child labour laws so that poor children can work as janitors in their schools.
  • (7) He plays the part of Ben, a young janitor from El Salvador who is committed to the union.
  • (8) The role of selective transfer of sick individuals (into, say janitoring or trucking) warrants further investigation.
  • (9) Another of the three, Rene Gagnon, died of a heart attack at 54, frustrated that his faded celebrity translated ultimately into no more than work as a janitor.
  • (10) Soon afterwards Laverty was listening to LA's left-wing radio station, KPFK, and heard that an organisation called Justice for Janitors, which represents the people who hoover the corporate carpet and scrub its toilet bowl, was holding a meeting.
  • (11) It’s harder when things get thrown at your family but that’s become the reality of 21st-century politics.” She recalls her own journey, from janitor’s daughter to Harvard academic to senator, thanks to opportunities she believes were lost to today’s children when Washington decided it was more important to give tax breaks to billionaires and giant corporations.
  • (12) Not long after the shoot finished, the janitors were on the streets of LA for real, striking and campaigning for a wage increase.
  • (13) Loach had hoped to release Bread and Roses at the height of the janitors' dispute last year but the release date was set.
  • (14) Beatty’s family has lived that history: her mother was born outside Birmingham, Alabama, and her father in New Orleans; they ultimately met in New York, where he was working as a janitor.
  • (15) Elevated maternal age-adjusted relative risks of Down syndrome were found for fathers employed as janitors (odds ratio [OR] = 3.26; 95% confidence interval [C.I.]
  • (16) I want to be a janitor in the new casino,” she said, “or maybe hand out sodas.” Elizabeth Amidon was one of a few people in line who did know exactly what she wanted to do.
  • (17) They also embody income inequality, earning significantly higher salaries than the people who share their workplaces as shuttle drivers, security guards, and janitors.
  • (18) It also might hold memories for Barack Obama and Robert Redford: the president visited the bar in 2012 and ordered a pizza, now designated the Potus pie; the actor pushed a mop as a Sink janitor in his early years.
  • (19) In addition to standard college newspaper fare – an essay about town-gown relations in which Miller details the “ condescension ” inherent in giving a janitor a birthday card – Miller’s 25 columns, written between September 2005 and April 2007, frequently touch on hot-button issues.
  • (20) Obama talked of giving "a fair shot" to black janitors, white steelworkers, immigrant dishwashers and Native American veterans.

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