What is the difference between fireman and firefighter? | WikiDiff

is that fireman is (firefighting) someone (implied male) who is skilled in the work of fighting fire while firefighter is a person who puts out fires. What'sthedifferencebetweenand  Whatisthedifferencebetweenfiremanandfirefighter? fireman|firefighter|Hypernyms| Firefighterisahypernymoffireman.Firemanisahyponymoffirefighter.Asnounsthedifferencebetweenfiremanandfirefighteristhatfiremanis(firefighting)someone(impliedmale)whoisskilledintheworkoffightingfirewhilefirefighterisapersonwhoputsoutfires. firemanEnglish (wikipediafireman) Noun (firemen) (firefighting)Someone(impliedmale)whoisskilledintheworkoffightingfire. (railtransport)Amanwhokeepsthefiregoingunderneathasteamboiler(originally,shovelingcoalbyhand),particularlyonarailroadlocomotive. *ca.1913ThewreckofOld97[ballad,BlueRidgeMountains],verse3: Helookedaroundhiscabathisblackgreasyfireman,saying'shovelonalittlemorecoal,andwhenwecrossthatWhiteOakMountain,youcanwatchOld97roll'. (railtransport)Byextensionoftheabove,anassistantonanylocomotive,whethersteam-poweredornot. (baseball)Areliefpitcher. Usagenotes Historicallymeantonlyaman,nowusedtorefertofemalefirefightersaswell.Inmodernusage,thegender-inclusivetermfirefighterisgenerallypreferred. Antonyms *firewoman Hypernyms *firefighter *smokeeater Relatedterms *firetruck *fireengine *fireextinguisher *firehose *firestation *firehydrant *fireplug Seealso *tillerman *stoker Englishnounswithirregularplurals firefighterEnglish Noun (ennoun) Apersonwhoputsoutfires. Synonyms *smokeeater Hyponyms *fireman *firewoman *smokejumper *hotshot Seealso *fireperson