different between craftsman vs handicraft

English

Alternative forms

• craftman

Etymology

craft +? -s- +? -man

Pronunciation

• enPR: kr?fts-m?n

Noun

craftsman (plural craftsmen)

1. One who is highly skilled at one's trade; an artisan or artificer.
   • 1874, The Quarterly Review (volume 137, page 388)

     Dilettanteism presupposes art as botchwork does handicraft; and the Dilettante holds the same relation to the artist that the botcher does to the craftsman.

   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 232d.

     And if someone wants to know how to make objections to actual craftsmen themselves on the subject of art in general or any particular art, there are published treatises available, as you know.
2. A person who makes or creates material objects partly or entirely by hand.
3. A person who produces arts and crafts.

Coordinate terms

• craftswoman

Hypernyms

• artisan
• (rare) craftsperson

Translations

English

Etymology

For handcraft, influenced by handiwork; Old English handcræft.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hænd?k?æft/, /?hænd?k???ft/

Noun

handicraft (countable and uncountable, plural handicrafts)

1. A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Joseph Addison to this entry?)

2. An artifact produced by handicraft.
3. (rare, obsolete) A man who earns his living by handicraft; a handicraftsman.
   • 1672, John Dryden, The Assignation, or Love in a Nunnery

     the Handicrafts-Shops begin to open

Synonyms

• handcraft

Derived terms

• handicrafted
• handicrafting

Translations