different between blacksmith vs coppersmith

English

Etymology

black (color of iron) +? smith (related to smite)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?blæk.sm??/

Noun

blacksmith (plural blacksmiths)

1. A person who forges iron.

   Synonyms: (Scotland, obsolete, slang) burn-the-wind, ironsmith

   Coordinate terms: goldsmith, whitesmith, silversmith, platinumsmith, farrier, forge

   Hyponyms: bladesmith, swordsmith

   Hypernyms: smith, metalsmith, smithy

   • The blacksmith may forge what Religion he pleases.
2. (informal) A person who shoes horses.

   Synonym: farrier

3. A blackish fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis punctipinnis).

Usage notes

Historically, blacksmiths in small communities have played a number of other roles, including farrier, wainwright and wheelwright. However, blacksmithing properly refers to the forging of iron, and blacksmiths and farriers themselves make the distinction.

Related terms

• gunsmith

Translations

Verb

blacksmith (third-person singular simple present blacksmiths, present participle blacksmithing, simple past and past participle blacksmithed)

1. (intransitive) To work as a blacksmith.

English

Etymology

copper +? smith

Pronunciation

Noun

coppersmith (plural coppersmiths)

1. A person who forges things out of copper.
2. A South Asian barbet, Psilopogon haemacephala, with crimson forehead and throat, best known for its metronomic call that has been likened to a coppersmith striking metal with a hammer.
   • 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin 2005, p. 104:

     More noises came from a dusty tree, where brown birds creaked and floundered about looking for insects; another bird, the invisible coppersmith, had started his ‘ponk ponk’.

Synonyms

• (person): redsmith

Hypernyms

• smith, metalsmith

Derived terms

• coppersmithing

Translations