Whitesmith vs. Blacksmith — What's the Difference?

A whitesmith is a metalworker who does finishing work on iron and steel such as filing, lathing, burnishing or polishing. The term also refers to a person who works with "white" or light-coloured metals, and is sometimes used as a synonym for tinsmith.

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).

One who works white metal.

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

One who does finish work, such as polishing, on iron.

One that makes, repairs, and fits horseshoes.

A person who forges things out of tin or pewter; a tinsmith.

A person who forges iron.

A worker in iron who finishes or polishes the work, in distinction from one who forges it.

(informal) A person who shoes horses.

One who works in tinned or galvanized iron, or white iron; a tinsmith.

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

A worker in iron who finishes or polishes the work, in distinction from one who forges it.

(intransitive) To work as a blacksmith.

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

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

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