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there is no difference, just two different terms for the same thing.
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A mason is a craftsman who works with stones, a freemason is a member of a fraternity for middle-aged and old men. The "free" part comes from the fact(?) that that freemasonry started in the middle ages when castles were constructed by a lord's peasants/serfs/peons, who were indebted to the lord, but the design of the castles were made by masons who worked on contract and in contrast to the peasants, free.
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since the mason originally havent had the restriction over guilds had, they where able to reglement and organise themselves hence the name FREEmason but still they had a whole bunch of rules and dutys but to travel freely throuh europe was only one benefit of their art
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