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Poorhouse vs Workhouse - What's the difference?

poorhouse | workhouse |

Workhouse is a synonym of poorhouse.



As nouns the difference between poorhouse and workhouse

is that poorhouse is a charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged while workhouse is formerly, an institution for the poor homeless, funded by the local parish where the able-bodied were required to work. Wp

poorhouse

English

Noun

(wikipedia poorhouse) (en noun)
  • A charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged
  • A workhouse

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    workhouse

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) Formerly, an institution for the poor homeless, funded by the local parish where the able-bodied were required to work. (w)
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  • *:"I don't want to spoil any comparison you are going to make," said Jim, "but I was at Winchester and New College." ΒΆ "That will do," said Mackenzie. "I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve."
  • (label) A prison in which the sentence includes manual labour.

    • Synonyms

    * poorhouse

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