Blacksmith vs. Carpenter — What's the Difference?

A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects primarily from wrought iron or steel, but sometimes from other metals, by forging the metal, using tools to hammer, bend, and cut (cf. tinsmith).

A person who makes and repairs wooden objects and structures.

One that forges and shapes iron with an anvil and hammer.

Make by shaping wood

One that makes, repairs, and fits horseshoes.

A skilled worker who makes, finishes, and repairs wooden objects and structures.

A person who forges iron.

To make, finish, or repair (wooden structures).

(informal) A person who shoes horses.

To work as a carpenter.

A blackish fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis punctipinnis).

A person skilled at carpentry, the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures.

(intransitive) To work as a blacksmith.

(nautical) A senior rating in ships responsible for all the woodwork onboard; in the days of sail, a warrant officer responsible for the hull, masts, spars and boats of a ship, and whose responsibility was to sound the well to see if the ship was making water.

A smith who works in iron with a forge, and makes iron utensils, horseshoes, etc.

A two-wheeled carriage.

A fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis punctipinnis, or Heliastes punctipinnis), of a blackish color.

(zoology) A carpenter bee.

A smith who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil

A woodlouse.

To work as a carpenter, cutting and joining timber.

An artificer who works in timber; a framer and builder of houses, ships, etc.

A woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects

Work as a carpenter