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Freelance vs Volunteer - What's the difference?

freelance | volunteer |

In intransitive terms the difference between freelance and volunteer

is that freelance is to work as a freelance while volunteer is to enlist oneself as a volunteer.

In transitive terms the difference between freelance and volunteer

is that freelance is to produce or sell services as a freelance while volunteer is to offer.

As an adjective freelance

is of, or relating to a freelance; without contract.

freelance

English

Alternative forms

* free-lance

Noun

(wikipedia freelance) (en noun)
  • Someone who sells his services to employers without a long-term contract
  • A medieval mercenary
  • Synonyms

    * (medieval mercenary) see

    Derived terms

    * freelancer

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, or relating to a freelance; without contract
  • He was a freelance writer for several magazines.

    Verb

    (freelanc)
  • To work as a freelance
  • To produce or sell services as a freelance
  • volunteer

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his/her own free will, especially when done without pay.
  • (label) One who enters into military service voluntarily, but who, when in service, is subject to discipline and regulations like other soldiers; -- opposed to conscript; specifically, a voluntary member of the organized militia of a country as distinguished from the standing army.
  • (label) A person who acts out of his own will without a legal obligation, such as a donor.
  • in Wikipedia.
  • A native or resident of the American state of Tennessee.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (label) To enlist oneself as a volunteer.
  • (label) To do or offer to do something voluntarily.
  • to volunteer for doing the dishes
  • (label) To offer.
  • to volunteer an explanation
  • To grow without human sowing or intentional cultivation.
  • To offer the services of (someone else) to do something.
  • My sister volunteered me to do the dishes.

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