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Trades vs Tradesman - What's the difference?

trades | tradesman |

As a verb trades

is .

As a noun tradesman is

a skilled manual worker (implied male).

trades

English

Noun

(head)
  • (only as plural) Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator.
    • They rode the trades going west.
  • (only as plural) A publication intended for participants in an industry or related group of industries.
    • Rumors about layoffs are all over the trades .

    Verb

    (head)
  • (trade)

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    tradesman

    English

    Noun

    (tradesmen)
  • A skilled manual worker (implied male).
  • (archaic) One who trades; a shopkeeper.

    • Antonyms

    * tradeswoman

    Hypernyms

    * skilled worker * tradesperson * (qualifier) tradie