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Mechanician vs Technician - What's the difference?

mechanician | technician |

As nouns the difference between mechanician and technician

is that mechanician is (dated) one skilled in the theory or construction of machines while technician is a person who studies, professes or practices technology.

mechanician

Noun

(en noun)
  • (dated) One skilled in the theory or construction of machines.
  • To build such a device will require an expert mechanician .
  • * a''1891, Constance Garnett (translator), Leo Tolstoy (author), ''Anna Karenin'', in ''The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction , P.F. Collier & son (1917), page 214,
  • "The mechanician came when I was away; I haven't seen him yet," he said, not looking at her.
  • * The Yankees, the first mechanicians in the world, are engineers-- just as the Italians are musicians and the Germans metaphysicians-- by right of birth. '' -- from ''From The Earth To The Moon by Jules Verne.
  • * The Cotton-Gin is a machine to separate the seeds from cotton, invented by that celebrated mechanician , E. Whitney.'' -- from the 1828 ''Webster's Dictionary .
  • (dated) One skilled in building, using, or repairing machines, or who makes machines or tools.
  • * Shortly after being removed to the hospital Wright recovered consciousness and sent for
  • (dated) One skilled in mechanics.
  • (dated) A machinist.
  • (dated) A scientifically trained practitioner.
  • (dated) A mechanic.
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    technician

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who studies, professes or practices technology.