workman vs mill-hand

mill-hand vs workman

workman and mill-hand both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
workman	Yes	No	No	No
mill-hand	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mill-hand is a hyponym of workman; that is, mill-hand is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than workman:

workman: an employee who performs manual or industrial labor
mill-hand: a workman in a mill or factory

Other hyponyms of workman include excavator, blaster, chargeman, fuller, gas fitter, guest worker, guestworker, heaver, jack, laborer, labourer, manual laborer, lacer, lather, Luddite, factory worker, mover, bagger, boxer, packer, paster, disinfestation officer, rat-catcher, road mender, roadman, roundsman, scratcher, shearer, sponger, stamper, utility man, warehouseman, warehouser, wetter.

workman (noun)	mill-hand (noun)
an employee who performs manual or industrial labor	a workman in a mill or factory

Difference between workman and mill-hand

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