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Documentation vs Inventory - What's the difference?

documentation | inventory |

As nouns the difference between documentation and inventory

is that documentation is something transposed from a thought to a document; the written account of an idea 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.

documentation

English

Noun

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  • Something transposed from a thought to a document; the written account of an idea.
  • (computing) Documents that explain the operation of a particular software program.
  • 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

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    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