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Assembly vs Manufacture - What's the difference?

assembly | manufacture |

As a proper noun assembly

is (us) the lower legislative body of each of a number of states of the united states, ("the assembly").

As a verb manufacture is

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assembly

English

Noun

(Freedom of assembly) (assemblies)
  • A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.
  • ''In order to change the bearing, you must first remove the gearbox assembly .
  • The act of putting together such set of pieces.
  • ''instructions for assembly
    assembly line
  • A congregation of people in one place for a purpose.
  • school assembly
    freedom of assembly
  • *
  • They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.
  • A legislative body.
  • the of the United Nations
  • (military) A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.
  • (computing)
  • (computing) In Microsoft .NET, a building block of an application, similar to a DLL, but containing both executable code and information normally found in a DLL's type library. The type library information in an assembly, called a manifest, describes public functions, data, classes, and version information.
  • Synonyms

    * (congregation of people) foregathering

    manufacture

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2009 , date=April 3 , author=Olivia Feld , title=New gum could mean sticky end for mess , work= citation , page= , passage=After years of exporting the gum base to be used as an ingredient in the manufacture of regular chewing gum, the cooperative recently decided to start making its own gum using only chicle gum base and natural flavorings and sweeteners}}
  • Anything made, formed or produced; product.
  • * Jonathan Swift
  • The roads are crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures .
  • (figuratively) The process of such production; generation, creation.
  • * 1919 , :
  • Our lawgivers take special pride in the ever active manufacture of new bills and laws.

    Derived terms

    * manufactural * manufacture of consent

    Verb

    (manufactur)
  • To make things, usually on a large scale, with tools and either physical labor or machinery.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2008 , date=July 23 , author=Michael Brooks , title=Comment: It's time for the Vatican to accept IVF , work= citation , page= , passage=Scientists are learning how to manufacture sperm and egg cells from other types of cell; others are developing "alternative" wombs}}
  • To work (raw or partly wrought materials) into suitable forms for use.
  • to manufacture wool into blankets
  • (derogatory) To fabricate; to create false evidence to support a point.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2000 , date=December 10 , author=Daniel Zalewski , title=The Misinformation Age , work= citation , page= , passage=Digital technology has made it so easy to manufacture lies that it's become difficult to separate fact from fiction.}}

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