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Builder vs Artisan - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between builder and artisan

is that builder is a person who builds or constructs things while artisan is a skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft.

builder

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who builds or constructs things.
  • (trade) Master artisan, who receives his instructions from the architect, and employs workers.
  • (rare, bodybuilding) A bodybuilder.
  • * 1991 — Samuel Wilson Fussell, Muscle: Confessions of an Unlikely Bodybuilder , ch 4
    • In the competitions, bodybuilders go through "mandatories"—a set of mandatory poses—in the morning, where the judges compare the body parts of the builders .

    Derived terms

    * bodybuilder * builder's bum * builder's cleavage * builder's tea * homebuilder * mound builder * set-builder notation

    See also

    * *

    Synonyms

    * (a person who builds or constructs things) constructor

    Antonyms

    * (a person who builds or constructs things) destroyer, wrecker

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    * English agent nouns

    artisan

    English

    (wikipedia 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.

    • Related terms

    * art * artist * artistic

    Derived terms

    * artisanal * artisanat

    External links

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