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Blacksmith vs Artizan - What's the difference?

blacksmith | artizan |

As nouns the difference between blacksmith and artizan

is that blacksmith is a person who forges iron while artizan is .

blacksmith

English

(wikipedia blacksmith)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who forges iron.
  • *(James Howell) (c.1594–1666)
  • *:The blacksmith may forge what he pleases.
  • *
  • *:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out.. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.
  • (lb) A person who shoes horses; a farrier.
  • A blackish fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis'' or ''Heliastes punctipinnis ).

    • Usage notes

    Historically, blacksmiths in small communities have played a number of other roles, including farrier, wainwright and wheelwright. However, blacksmithing properly refers to the forging of iron, and blacksmiths and farriers themselves make the distinction.

    Synonyms

    * ironsmith

    Hypernyms

    * smith, metalsmith * smithy

    Coordinate terms

    * goldsmith, whitesmith, silversmith, platinumsmith, farrier, forge

    artizan

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * {{quote-book, year=1852, author=Samuel Wilderspin, title=The Infant System, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Human education joined to that of nature, may make a good citizen, a skilful artizan , or a well-bred man; but a higher power is wanting in order to produce a Bacon or a Newton. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1915, author=James Branch Cabell, title=The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=We have been artists if not artizans ." }}

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