What's the difference between millwright and shipwright?

Millwright


Definition:

  • (n.) A mechanic whose occupation is to build mills, or to set up their machinery.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Strong associations were found between lung and digestive organ cancer and employment as maintenance welders or millwrights in the plant (odds ratios greater than 10).
  • (2) To characterise the knee morbidity in carpet layers and to identify occupational risk factors, a questionnaire was completed by 112 carpet and floor layers, 42 tile and terrazo setters, and 243 millwrights and bricklayers (MWBL).
  • (3) Bricklayers and millwrights were studied for comparison.

Shipwright


Definition:

  • (n.) One whose occupation is to construct ships; a builder of ships or other vessels.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Although it looks like a giant seaside souvenir shop ornament, it is a remarkably faithful model of Victory with 31 sails set and six furled as on the day of Trafalgar, built from traditional shipwright's materials.
  • (2) A 40-year historical cohort study of medical wastage among about 550 shipyard welders and 1100 controls (shipwrights and engine fitters), all employed at the same shipyard, was carried out.
  • (3) A shipwright developed a delayed bullous irritant dermatitis from contact with a bis-tri-butyl tin oxide (TBTO) containing antifouling paint.
  • (4) Abbott began with a homily to his shipwright grandfather and a story about how, as a schoolboy, he paddled his timber canoe in Sydney Harbour’s Lane Cove National Park.

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