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Workingman vs Worker - What's the difference?

workingman | worker |

As nouns the difference between workingman and worker

is that workingman is a man who works in exchange for payment, especially one that does manual labour while worker is a person who performs labor for his living, especially manual labor.

workingman

English

Noun

(workingmen)
  • A man who works in exchange for payment, especially one that does manual labour

    • Related terms

    * workingwoman

    See also

    * working girl

    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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    • Synonyms

    * (person who performs labor) laborer, labourer

    Derived terms

    * freezing worker * sex worker * steelworker

    Anagrams

    * English agent nouns