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Carpenter vs Architect - What's the difference?

carpenter | architect |

As a proper noun carpenter

is derived from the trade name carpenter.

As a noun architect is

a professional who designs buildings or other structures, or who prepares plans and superintends construction.

As a verb architect is

to design, plan, or orchestrate.

carpenter

English

(wikipedia 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

    Related terms

    * carpentry (pos n) * The Carpenter

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    architect

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia architect)
  • A professional who designs buildings or other structures, or who prepares plans and superintends construction.
    • Plato made the causes of things to be matter, ideas, and an efficient architect .
  • A person who plans, devises or contrives the achievement of a desired result.
    • Peisistratus was the first architect of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012
    • , date=April 21 , author=Jonathan Jurejko , title=Newcastle 3-0 Stoke , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=French winger Hatem Ben Arfa has also taken plenty of plaudits recently and he was the architect of the opening goal with some superb trickery on the left touchline.}}

    Derived terms

    * architecture * software architect * naval architect

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To design, plan, or orchestrate.
    • He architected the military coup against the government.