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Battery vs Inventory - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between battery and inventory

is that battery is a coordinated group of electrochemical cells, each of which produces electricity by a chemical reaction between two substances () while inventory is (operations) the stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business.

As a verb inventory is

(operations) to take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory.

battery

English

(wikipedia battery)

Noun

(batteries)
  • A coordinated group of electrochemical cells, each of which produces electricity by a chemical reaction between two substances ().
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  • (legal) The crime or tort of intentionally striking another person.
  • A coordinated group of artillery.
  • An array of similar things.
    • Schoolchildren take a battery of standard tests to measure their progress.
  • A set of small cages where hens are kept for the purpose of farming their eggs.
  • (baseball) The catcher and the pitcher together
  • (chess) Two or more major pieces on the same rank, file, or diagonal
  • The state of a firearm when it is possible to be fired.

    • Derived terms

    * assault and battery * battery-backed * battery hen * battery-operated * battery power * battery-powered (-)

    See also

    * accumulator * assault * replacement battery

    inventory

    English

    (wikipedia inventory)

    Noun

    (inventories)
  • (operations) The stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
    • Due to an undersized inventory at the Boston outlet, customers had to travel to Providence to find the item.
  • (operations) a detailed list of all of the items on hand
    • The inventory included several items that one wouldn't normally think to find at a cheese shop.
  • (operations) the process of producing or updating such a list
    • This month's inventory took nearly three days.
  • (lb) A space containing the available to a character for immediate use.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * invent * invented * inventive * invention * inventor * reinvent

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (operations) To take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory.
    • The main job of the night shift was to inventory the store, and restock when necessary.

    Synonyms

    * (take stock) index

    External links

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