different between tableman vs stableman

English

table +? -man

tableman (plural tablemen)

(rare) Any of the pieces used to play the game of tables, backgammon or draughts.
(rare) A person sitting at the same table.

stable +? -man

stableman (plural stablemen)

A person employed to take care of horses in a stable.
- 1851, Harry Hieover, The Pocket and the Stud (page 93)
  In fact, a horse that has been accustomed to be attended by a stableman will want to have little niceties done to him that a hawbuck of a groom never thinks of doing.

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