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Craftsman vs Builder - What's the difference?

craftsman | builder |

As nouns the difference between craftsman and builder

is that craftsman is a building built in the craftsman architectural style while builder is a person who builds or constructs things.

As an adjective craftsman

is of an architectural style prominent in the united states in the early 20th century.

craftsman

Noun

(craftsmen)
  • A male artisan.
  • * 2005 , .
  • And if someone wants to know how to make objections to actual craftsmen themselves on the subject of art in general or any particular art, there are published treatises available, as you know.
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    Antonyms

    * craftswoman

    Hypernyms

    * artisan * (rare) craftsperson

    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