Difference between Pitman and Collier

What is the difference between Pitman and Collier?

Pitman as a noun is one who works in a pit, as in mining, in sawing timber, etc. while Collier as a noun is a person in the business or occupation of producing (digging or mining coal or making charcoal) or in its transporting or commerce.

Pitman

Part of speech: noun

Definition: One who works in a pit, as in mining, in sawing timber, etc.

Collier

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A person in the business or occupation of producing (digging or mining coal or making charcoal) or in its transporting or commerce.A vessel carrying a bulk cargo of coalA nickname used by the traveller community, referring to a non-traveller

We hope you now know whether to use Pitman or Collier in your sentence.

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