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Draughtsman vs Architect - What's the difference?

draughtsman | architect |

As nouns the difference between draughtsman and architect

is that draughtsman is a person skilled at drawing engineering or architectural plans while 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.

draughtsman

English

Alternative forms

* draftsman

Noun

(draughtsmen)
  • A person skilled at drawing engineering or architectural plans.
  • (obsolete) A book illustrator.
  • A piece in the game of draughts (checkers).
  • (obsolete) One who drinks drams; a tippler.
    • (Tatler)

    Synonyms

    * drafter

    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.