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Roustabout vs Stevedore - What's the difference?

roustabout | stevedore |

As nouns the difference between roustabout and stevedore

is that roustabout is an unskilled laborer, especially at an oilfield, at a circus or on a ship while stevedore is a dockworker involved in loading and unloading cargo.

As a verb stevedore is

to load or unload a ship's cargo.

roustabout

English

(wikipedia roustabout)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chiefly, US) an unskilled laborer, especially at an oilfield, at a circus or on a ship

    • stevedore

    English

    (wikipedia stevedore)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A dockworker involved in loading and unloading cargo.

    • Synonyms

    * (l) * (l)

    Verb

    (stevedor)
  • To load or unload a ship's cargo.

    • References