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labourer vs porter

porter vs labourer

labourer and porter both are nouns.

labourer is not a verb while porter is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
labourer Yes No No No
porter Yes No Yes No
As nouns, porter is a hyponym of labourer; that is, porter is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than labourer:
  • labourer: someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
  • porter: a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
Other hyponyms of labourer include agricultural laborer, agricultural labourer, bracero, cleaner, day laborer, day labourer, digger, dishwasher, drudge, galley slave, navvy, peon, gandy dancer, gravedigger, hewer, hand, hired hand, hired man, hod carrier, hodman, gipsy, gypsy, itinerant, faller, feller, logger, lumberjack, lumberman, miner, mineworker, mule driver, mule skinner, muleteer, skinner, platelayer, tracklayer, rail-splitter, splitter, sawyer, section hand, sprayer, stacker, steeplejack, dock-walloper, dock worker, docker, dockhand, dockworker, loader, longshoreman, lumper, stevedore, fireman, stoker, woodcutter, wrecker, yardman.
labourer (noun) porter (noun)
someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley
a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)
someone who guards an entrance
labourer (verb) porter (verb)
carry luggage or supplies
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