The difference between Laborer and Worker

When used as nouns, laborer means one who uses body strength instead of intellectual power to earn a wage, usually hourly, whereas worker means a person who performs labor for a living, especially manual labor.


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  1. Laborer as a noun:

    One who uses body strength instead of intellectual power to earn a wage, usually hourly.

  1. Worker as a noun:

    A person who performs labor for a living, especially manual labor.

  2. Worker as a noun (rare):

    A nonreproductive social insect, such as ant, bee, termite, or wasp. A female ant, bee, termite or wasp.

  3. Worker as a noun (computing):

    A thread performing one instance of a particular task within a program.

    Examples:

    "This FTP client spawns a separate worker for each file to be uploaded."

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