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Labourer vs Worker - What's the difference?

labourer | worker |

Worker is a synonym of labourer.



As nouns the difference between labourer and worker

is that labourer is standard spelling of from=British spelling|lang=en while worker is a person who performs labor for his living, especially manual labor.

labourer

English

Noun

(en noun)
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    worker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who performs labor for his living, especially manual labor.
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  • A nonreproductive social insect, such as ant, bee, termite or wasp.
  • # (label) A female ant, bee, termite or wasp.
  • (label) A thread performing one instance of a particular task within a program.
  • Synonyms

    * (person who performs labor) laborer, labourer

    Derived terms

    * freezing worker * sex worker * steelworker