What is the difference between craft and trade?
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(lb) Strength; power; might.
(lb) Ability]]; dexterity; skill, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution; dexterity in [[manage, managing affairs; adroitness; practical cunning.
*(Ben Jonson) (1572-1637)
*:A poem is the work of the poet; poesy is his skill or craft of making.
*(Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) (1807-1882)
*:Since the birth of time, throughout all ages and nations, / Has the craft of the smith been held in repute.
(lb) Cunning, art, skill, or dexterity applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; subtlety; shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception.
*(Thomas Hobbes) (1588-1679)
*:You have that crooked wisdom which is called craft .
*(Bible), (w) xiv.1:
*:The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft , and put him to death.
(lb) A device; a means; an art; art in general.
The skilled practice of a practical occupation.
The members of a trade collectively; guild.
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Implements used in catching fish, such as net, line, or hook. Modern use primarily in whaling, as in harpoons, hand-lances, etc.
* “An Act for encouraging and regulating Fi?heries”, in Acts and Laws of the State of Connecticut, in America , T. Green (1784), [http://books.google.com/books?id=ywc4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA79&dq=craft p.79]:
*:And whereas the continual Interruption of the Cour?e and Pa??age of the Fi?h up the Rivers, by the daily drawing of Seins and other Fi?h-Craft , tends to prevent their Increa?e,
*1869 April 27, C. M. Scammon, Edward D. Cope (editor), “On the Cetaceans of the Western Coast of North America”, in Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia , Volume 21, [http://books.google.com/books?id=9IEOAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA46&dq=craft p.46]:
:The whaling craft consists of harpoons, lances, lines, and sealskin buoys, all of their own workmanship.
* (Charles Boardman Hawes), “A Boy Who Went Whaling”, in The Highest Hit: and Other Selections by Newbery Authors ,[http://books.google.com/books?id=xZC5QKSqW8UC ] Gareth Stevens Publishing (2001), ISBN 9780836828566, p.47:
*:From the mate’s boat they removed, at his direction, all whaling gear and craft except the oars and a single lance.
*1950 , in Discovery Reports , Volume 26,[http://books.google.com/books?id=GFgqAAAAMAAJ ] Cambridge University Press, p.318:
*:Temple, a negro of New Bedford, who made ‘whalecraft’, that is, was a blacksmith engaged in working from iron the special utensils or ‘craft ’ of the whaling trade.
*1991 , Joan Druett, Petticoat Whalers: Whaling Wives at Sea, 1820–1920 , University Press of New England (2001), ISBN 978-1-58465-159-8, [http://books.google.com/books?id=lwfRQFIeBYMC&pg=PA55&dq=craft p.55]:
*:The men raced about decks collecting the whaling craft and gear and putting them into the boats, while all the time the lookouts hollered from above.
(lb) Boats, especially of smaller size than ships. Historically primarily applied to vessels engaged in loading or unloading of other vessels, as lighters, hoys, and barges.
#(lb) A woman.
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#*:“A tight little craft ,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action.
Those vessels attendant on a fleet, such as cutters, schooners, and gun-boats, generally commanded by lieutenants.
A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space.
A particular kind of skilled work.
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To make by hand and with much skill.
To construct, develop something (like a skilled craftsman): "state crafting", "crafting global policing".
(uncountable) Buying and selling of goods and services on a market.
(countable) A particular instance of buying or selling.
(countable) An instance of bartering items in exchange for one another.
* 1989 , (Bruce Pandolfini), Chess Openings: Traps and Zaps , ISBN 0671656902, "Glossary" section, page 225 [http://books.google.com/books?id=pocVITTr8tMC&pg=PA225&dq=trade]:
* 2009 , Elliott Kalb and Mark Weinstein, The 30 Greatest Sports Conspiracy Theories of All Time , ISBN 9781602396784, page 60 [http://books.google.com/books?id=nQd8MHuaXysC&pg=PA60&dq=trade]:
(countable) Those who perform a particular kind of skilled work.
(countable) Those engaged in an industry or group of related industries.
(countable) The skilled practice of a practical occupation.
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(uncountable, UK) The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers.
(mostly, in the plural) Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator.
* James Horsburgh
(only as plural) A publication intended for participants in an industry or related group of industries.
(uncountable, LGBT, slang) A brief sexual encounter.
(obsolete, uncountable) Instruments of any occupation.
* Dryden
(mining) Refuse or rubbish from a mine.
(obsolete) A track or trail; a way; a path; passage.
* Surrey
* Spenser
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) Course; custom; practice; occupation.
* Udall
* Spenser
* Massinger
* Shakespeare
To engage in trade
* Arbuthnot
To be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions.
To give (something) in exchange for.
To do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.
To have dealings; to be concerned or associated (with).
* Shakespeare
Trade is a synonym of craft.
In obsolete terms the difference between craft and trade
is that craft is a device; a means; an art; art in general while trade is course; custom; practice; occupation.In uncountable terms the difference between craft and trade
is that craft is cunning, art, skill, or dexterity applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; subtlety; shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception while trade is buying and selling of goods and services on a market.As a proper noun Craft
is {{surname}.craft
English
Noun
Usage notes
The unchanged plural is used if the word means vehicle(s) . Otherwise the regular plural is used.Derived terms
* aircraft * craft beer, craft brewery * Cardcraft * gentle craft * gypsycraft * hovercraft * roadcraft * spacecraft * spellcraft * spycraft * statecraft * warcraft * watercraft * witchcraftSynonyms
* (skill at work) craftsmanship, workmanship * (nautical sense) * (vehicle) * (kind of skilled work) trade * (shrewdness) craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wilinessVerb
(en verb)References
* Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[http://www.studiopotter.org/articles/?art=art0001] English invariant nounstrade
English
(wikipedia trade)Noun
- I did no trades with them once the rumors started.
- EXCHANGE — A trade or swap of no material profit to either side.
- When Golden State matched the Knicks' offer sheet, the Warriors and Knicks worked out a trade that sent King to New York for Richardson.
- The skilled trades were the first to organize modern labor unions.
- It is not a retail showroom. It is only for the trade .
- He learned his trade as an apprentice.
- Even before noon there was considerable trade .
- They rode the trades going west.
- the north-east trade
- Rumors about layoffs are all over the trades .
- Josh picked up some trade last night.
- the house and household goods, his trade of war
- A postern with a blind wicket there was, / A common trade to pass through Priam's house.
- Hath tracted forth some salvage beastes trade .
- Or, I'll be buried in the king's highway, / Some way of common trade , where subjects' feet / May hourly trample on their sovereign's head.
- the right trade of religion
- There those five sisters had continual trade .
- Long did I love this lady, / Long was my travel, long my trade to win her.
- Thy sin's not accidental but a trade .
Quotations
* (English Citations of "trade")Derived terms
* antitrade/anti-trade * balance of trade * basket trade * block trade * bullet trade * carbon trade * carriage trade * carry trade * carousel trade * cash and carry trade * coasting trade * countertrade * cross-trade * day trade * fair trade * free trade * horse trade * invisible trade * jack of all trades * motor trade * off-trade * on-trade * out trade * paper trade * rag trade * restraint of trade * rough trade * reverse of trade * slave trade * spot trade * stock-in-trade * terms of trade * trade barrier * trade card * trade deficit * trade dispute * trade fair * trade magazine * trade mark/trademark * trade name * trade newspaper * trade-off * trade route * trade secret * trade show * trade standard * trade surplus * trade term * trade union * trade war * trade wind * trader * tradesman * tradesperson * uptick trade * visible tradeSynonyms
* (the commercial exchange of goods and services) commerce * (the collective people who perform a particular kind of skilled work) business * (the skilled practice of a practical occupation) craft * (An instance of buying and selling) deal, barter * (the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers) patronageVerb
(trad)- This company trades in precious metal.
- a free port, where nations resorted with their goods and traded
- Will you trade your precious watch for my earring?
- How did you dare to trade and traffic with Macbeth?