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Driller vs Roughneck - What's the difference?

driller | roughneck |

As nouns the difference between driller and roughneck

is that driller is one who drills while roughneck is any labourer on an oil rig.

As a verb roughneck is

to work as a laborer on an oil rig.

driller

English

Noun

(wikipedia driller) (en noun)
  • One who drills.
  • A person in charge of a drilling rig.
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    roughneck

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any labourer on an oil rig
  • A rowdy or uncouth person

    • See also

    *roustabout, oil trash *(wikipedia "roughneck")

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To work as a laborer on an oil rig
  • *{{quote-news, 2009, January 13, Michael Brick, Racing's Last Frontier, New York Times citation
    • , passage=There was a time not long ago when this region appeared as some enduring mystification, its citizenry best known for roughnecking on the North Slope