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semantic pedantry here: "bodybuilder" refers to a sport/discipline where they literally do lift for looks or aesthetics; not performance.

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>someone who regularly does special exercises to make their muscles bigger[0]

[0]https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/bodyb...

The difference is that how much weight they lift is a side effect - the real goal is appearance. Unlike, say, Olympic power lifting.

Semantic pedantry here: power-lifting[1] is not an Olympic sport. Weight-lifting[2] is.

Olympic weight-lifting is constituted of the snatch and the clean and jerk. Power-lifting is normally constituted of the "big three" lifts: bench press, squat, and deadlift.

There is also an informally defined idea of "power-building"[3] which is sort of a cross between bodybuilding and power-lifting.

And then there's crossfit, and strongman, and ... Anyway, enough said about all of that. :-)

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerlifting

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_weightlifting

[3]: https://www.muscleandfitness.com/routine/workouts/workout-ro...

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