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Artisan vs Carpenter - What's the difference?

artisan | carpenter |

As nouns the difference between artisan and carpenter

is that artisan is a skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft while carpenter is a person skilled at carpentry, the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures.

As a proper noun Carpenter is

{{surname|A=An occupational|from=occupations}} derived from the trade name carpenter.

artisan

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft.
  • A person who displays great dexterity.
  • Derived terms

    * artisanal * artisanat

    Anagrams

    * ----

    carpenter

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person skilled at carpentry, the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures.
  • (nautical) A senior rating in ships responsible for all the woodwork onboard; in the days of sail, a warrant officer responsible for the hull, masts, spars and boats of a ship, and whose responsibility was to sound the well to see if the ship was making water.
  • A two-wheeled carriage
  • Synonyms

    * joiner * chippy