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Henchman vs Drudge - What's the difference?

henchman | drudge | Related terms |

As nouns the difference between henchman and drudge

is that henchman is a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate while drudge is a person who works in a low servile job.

As a verb drudge is

to labour in (or as in) a low servile job.

henchman

English

Noun

(henchmen)
  • A loyal and trusted follower or subordinate.
  • A person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests.
  • A member of a criminal gang.
  • (obsolete) A page to a prince or other person of high rank.

    • drudge

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who works in a low servile job.
  • (pejorative) Someone who works for (and may be taken advantage of by) someone else.

    • Derived terms

    * drudgery * drudgy

    Verb

    (drudg)
  • to labour in (or as in) a low servile job
  • * Otway
    • Rise in our toils and drudge away the day.
  • * Macaulay
    • He gradually rose in the estimation of the booksellers for whom he drudged .