Please help me with the difference between WORKER and LABOURER!
Hi!
1 I'm wondering whether WORKER and LABOURER mean the same? I think they are both used to describe a person who does hard physical work. Is it correct?
2 Can I say: He works as a labourer?
Thank you very much
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"Worker" is anyone who works. It is extremely general. "Labourer" often means "manual worker". Where the context is clear e.g. a building site, you could say "workers" and it would be clear that they were manual workers.
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They can both be used in the same way. However, labourer tends to be specifically about people who do hard physical work. Whereas worker can be for any job really - although we tend to not use it do much for well-paid white collar work.
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