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Tailor vs Launder - What's the difference?

tailor | launder |

As nouns the difference between tailor and launder

is that tailor is a person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing while launder is a washerwoman.

As verbs the difference between tailor and launder

is that tailor is to make, repair, or alter clothes while launder is to wash; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron.

tailor

English

(wikipedia tailor)

Alternative forms

* tailour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.
  • (Australia) The fish .
  • Derived terms

    * tailorbird * tailoress * tailor-fashion * tailor-made * tailor's chalk * tailor's dummy

    Synonyms

    * (fish ) bluefish

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make, repair, or alter clothes.
  • To make or adapt (something) for a specific need.
  • To restrict (something) in order to meet a particular need
  • .

    References

    * Australian Fish and How to Catch Them , Richard Allan, Landsdowne Publishing, 1990, ISBN 1-86302-674-6.

    launder

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A washerwoman.
  • (mining) A trough used by miners to receive powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus for comminuting (sorting) the ore.
  • A gutter (for rainwater)
  • Synonyms

    * (washerwoman) launderer, laundress, washerwoman

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To wash; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron.
  • (obsolete) To lave; to wet.
  • (money) To disguise the source of (ill-gotten wealth) by various means.
  • Derived terms

    * money laundering

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