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Artificer vs Artist - What's the difference?

artificer | artist | Related terms |

As nouns the difference between artificer and artist

is that artificer is someone who is skilled in their trade; an artisan while artist is a person who creates art.

As an adjective artist is

artistic.

artificer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone who is skilled in their trade; an artisan.
  • * , Genesis 4:22
    • And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
  • An inventor.
  • A member of the military who specializes in manufacturing and repairing weapon systems.
  • A trickster.
  • A savant.

    • References

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    artist

    English

    Noun

  • A person who creates art.
  • A person who creates art as an occupation.
  • A person who is skilled at some activity.

    • Derived terms

    * artistdom * artistic * artistically * artistry * con artist * escape artist * pickup artist * piss-artist * quick-change artist

    See also

    * animator * artisan * drawer * sculptor

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) Artistic.
  • *, vol.1, ch.24:
    • Nature, to shew that nothing is savage in whatsoever she produceth, causeth oftentimes, even in rudest and most unarted nations, productions of spirits to arise, that confront and wrestle with the most artist productions.

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