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Researcher vs Dogsbody - What's the difference?

researcher | dogsbody |

As nouns the difference between researcher and dogsbody

is that researcher is one who researches while dogsbody is (british) a person who does menial work, a servant.

As a verb dogsbody is

to act as a dogsbody, to do menial work:.

researcher

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who researches.
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    dogsbody

    English

    Noun

    (dogsbodies)
  • (British) A person who does menial work, a servant.
  • * That's just Baldrick, my dogsbody. — .
  • * 1995 , Paul Kussmaul, Training The Translator , John Benjamins Publishing Co, p. 146:
    • Furthermore, there are still rather backward opinions in our society about the role of a translator. A translator is often regarded as a linguistic dogsbody .

    Synonyms

    * factotum * gofer * handyman * jack of all trades * odd job

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To act as a dogsbody, to do menial work:
  • * 1989 , Tim Parks, Family Planning
  • *:Perhaps because, having been brought up in all those different countries and languages, and then studying economics of all things for just a year, followed by four years dogsbodying for a haulage company, he had never got any serious reading done.

    • References

    * “ dogsbody”, A.Word.A.Day, Anu Garg, Wordsmith.org * “ And, of course, the poloponies], [http://www.word-detective.com/index.html Word Detective, Evan Morris, 1997–07–01