What’s the difference between a Deputy Secretary (or PM) and a normal secretary?

Question

As in “Deputy Secretary of XYZ” or “Deputy Prime Minister”. Whats the difference between a Deputy X and a normal X?

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Answer 1

The deputy works for the other one. The deputy Prime Minister works for the Prime Minister. The deputy Secretary works for the secretary. They are typically only one level down (like the deputy Prime Minister is often akin to the Vice President in many ways, but not all)