12:56 Dec 22, 2006 |
English language (monolingual) [PRO] Forestry / Wood / Timber | |||||||
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3 +2 | formal vs. informal |
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3 | [cutting & transporting] vs [cutting, transporting and preparing at the sawmill] |
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logging worker vs. lumberjack [cutting & transporting] vs [cutting, transporting and preparing at the sawmill] Explanation: This is the understanding I have from the dictionaries. See the web link for further information, numbers 51 and 52. Reference: http://www.aces.edu/N4HFI/Forestry_Bowl/Forestry_Bowl_HTML.h... |
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logging worker vs. lumberjack formal vs. informal Explanation: IMO, "logging worker" is a modern formal definition of a person employed in the wood cutting industry, whereas "lumberjack" is more of an informal thing. You'd refer to your buddy, a logging worker, as a lumberjack. Lumberjacks can be part of a bedtime story you read to your children. And, of course, "lumberjack" may have a historical connotation to it as you'd call a wood cutter from 100 years a go a lubberjack, never a logging worker. |
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