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Ironworker vs Boilermaker - What's the difference?

ironworker | boilermaker |

As nouns the difference between ironworker and boilermaker

is that ironworker is a person employed to manufacture and shape iron while boilermaker is a person qualified to make or repair boilers.

ironworker

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person employed to manufacture and shape iron.
  • A construction worker who assembles the metal frame of buildings.

    • boilermaker

    English

    Noun

  • A person qualified to make or repair boilers.
  • (US) A whiskey with a beer chaser.
  • * 2006 , Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day , Vintage 2007, p. 597:
    • the beauteous Asian was [...] knocking back boilermakers and their helpers at an astonishing pace.