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Tradesman vs Handyman - What's the difference?

tradesman | handyman |

As nouns the difference between tradesman and handyman

is that tradesman is a skilled manual worker (implied male) while handyman is (informal) a man who does small tasks and odd jobs.

tradesman

English

Noun

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

    • Antonyms

    * tradeswoman

    Hypernyms

    * skilled worker * tradesperson * (qualifier) tradie

    handyman

    English

    Noun

    (Wikipedia) (handymen)
  • (informal) A man who does small tasks and odd jobs

    • Synonyms

    * jack of all trades * odd-job man