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Worker vs Technician - What's the difference?

worker | technician |

As nouns the difference between worker and technician

is that worker is a person who performs labor for his living, especially manual labor while technician is a person who studies, professes or practices technology.

worker

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who performs labor for his living, especially manual labor.
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  • A nonreproductive social insect, such as ant, bee, termite or wasp.
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  • (label) A thread performing one instance of a particular task within a program.

    • Synonyms

    * (person who performs labor) laborer, labourer

    Derived terms

    * freezing worker * sex worker * steelworker

    Anagrams

    * English agent nouns

    technician

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who studies, professes or practices technology.

    • Related terms

    * Luddite * mechanic * engineer * technologist * technical * technically

    External links

    * (wikipedia "technician")