Hackney vs Hireling - What's the difference?
hackney | hireling |
A London borough where once upon a time many horses were pastured.
A town in this borough.
One of several breeds of compact English horses.
(in compounds) (A means of transportation that is) available for public hire.
(usually, pejorative) an employee who is hired, often to perform unpleasant tasks with little independence
* 1848: William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair
(usually, pejorative) someone who does a job purely for money, rather than out of interest in the work itself
* 1605: Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning
As nouns the difference between hackney and hireling
is that hackney is (archaic) an ordinary horse while hireling is (usually|pejorative) an employee who is hired, often to perform unpleasant tasks with little independence.As an adjective hackney
is (not comparable) offered for hire; hence, much used; trite; mean.As a verb hackney
is to make uninteresting or trite by frequent use.hackney
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Proper noun
(en proper noun)hireling
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Noun
(en noun)- When my poor James was in the smallpox, did I allow any hireling to nurse him?
- ... it may be truly affirmed that no kind of men love business for itself but those that are learned; for other persons love it for profit, as a hireling that loves the work for the wages;