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Workforce vs Manpower - What's the difference?

workforce | manpower |

As nouns the difference between workforce and manpower

is that workforce is all the workers employed by a specific organization or state, or on a specific project while manpower is the total number of all available workers; the workforce.

workforce

English

Alternative forms

* work force

Noun

(wikipedia workforce) (en noun)
  • All the workers employed by a specific organization or state, or on a specific project

    • See also

    * manpower

    manpower

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia manpower) (-)
  • The total number of all available workers; the workforce.
  • The power exerted by a single person (analogous to horsepower.)