Carpentry vs Carpentering - What's the difference?
carpentry | carpentering |
(uncountable) The trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures; woodworking
(countable) A carpenter's workshop.
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* {{quote-book, year=1892, author=Herman Melville, title=White Jacket, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Frequently, at one and the same time, you see every trade in operation on the gun-deck--coopering, carpentering , tailoring, tinkering, blacksmithing, rope-making, preaching, gambling, and fortune-telling. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1901, author=Henry Lawson, title=Joe Wilson and His Mates, chapter=, edition=
, passage=I always had a fancy for carpentering , and was handy with tools. }}
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 26, author=Deanna Isaacs, title=Have Your Rebellion and Deduct It Too, work=Chicago Reader
, passage=Sixteen years after he started Lumpen in Champaign, Marszewski is supporting his empire by carpentering , designing Web sites, and working at his mother's Bridgeport bar. }}
As nouns the difference between carpentry and carpentering
is that carpentry is the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures; woodworking while carpentering is carpentry.carpentry
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(wikipedia carpentry)See also
* cabinetmaking * joinery (wikibooks carpentry)carpentering
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