Artisan vs. Crafter — What's the Difference?

An artisan (from French: artisan, Italian: artigiano) is a skilled craft worker who makes or creates material objects partly or entirely by hand. These objects may be functional or strictly decorative, for example furniture, decorative art, sculpture, clothing, food items, household items and tools and mechanisms such as the handmade clockwork movement of a watchmaker.

Skill in doing or making something, as in the arts; proficiency.

A person skilled in making a product by hand.

Skill in evasion or deception; guile.

Made by hand or by traditional means and using high-quality ingredients; artisanal

An occupation or trade requiring manual dexterity or skilled artistry.

A skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft.

The practitioners of such an occupation or trade considered as a group.

A person who displays great dexterity.

Pl. craft A boat, ship, aircraft, or spacecraft.

Artisanal

Crafts Items made by craftspeople.

One who professes and practices some liberal art; an artist.

To make or construct (something) with care or ingenuity.

One trained to manual dexterity in some mechanic art or trade; and handicraftsman; a mechanic.

Someone who participates in a particular handicraft, either as a hobby or as a small business

A skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft

A creator of great skill in the manual arts;