Carpentry vs Woodwork - What's the difference?
carpentry | woodwork |
(uncountable) The trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures; woodworking
(countable) A carpenter's workshop.
(countable) Something made from wood.
(uncountable) Wood product.
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(uncountable) Working with wood.
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(only in plural, often in proper names) A workshop or factory devoted to making wood products.
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A place of concealment or obscurity.
(football) The frame of the goal, i.e. the goalpost or crossbar.
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, year=2012
, date=May 5
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool
, work=BBC Sport
Woodwork is a synonym of carpentry.
In uncountable terms the difference between carpentry and woodwork
is that carpentry is the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures; woodworking while woodwork is working with wood.In countable terms the difference between carpentry and woodwork
is that carpentry is a carpenter's workshop while woodwork is something made from wood.carpentry
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(wikipedia carpentry)See also
* cabinetmaking * joinery (wikibooks carpentry)woodwork
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(en-noun)- He does woodwork as a hobby.
- Friends and relatives were coming out of the woodwork to celebrate his good fortune.
- So when he wants to, he can just kind of blend into the woodwork .
- That goal was so close, it went in off the woodwork .
citation, page= , passage=Carroll thought he had equalised with his header against the bar with eight minutes left. Liverpool claimed the ball had cross the line and Chelsea were grateful for a miraculous intervention from Cech to turn his effort on to the woodwork .}}