Mechanician vs Technician - What's the difference?
mechanician | technician |
(dated) One skilled in the theory or construction of machines.
* 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 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.
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
English
(wikipedia mechanician)Noun
(en noun)- To build such a device will require an expert mechanician .
- "The mechanician came when I was away; I haven't seen him yet," he said, not looking at her.