carpenter vs mason

carpenter

noun
  • A person skilled at carpentry, the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures. 

  • A carpenter bee. 

  • A two-wheeled carriage. 

  • A woodlouse. 

  • A senior rating in ships responsible for all the woodwork onboard; in the days of sail, a warrant officer responsible for the hull, masts, spars and boats of a ship, and whose responsibility was to sound the well to see if the ship was making water. 

verb
  • To work as a carpenter, cutting and joining timber. 

mason

noun
  • A bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick 

  • One who prepares stone for building purposes. 

  • A member of the fraternity of Freemasons. See Freemason. 

verb
  • To build stonework or brickwork about, under, in, over, etc.; to construct by masons 

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