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Engineering vs Works - What's the difference?

engineering | works |

As verbs the difference between engineering and works

is that engineering is while works is (work).

As nouns the difference between engineering and works

is that engineering is (label) the application of mathematics and the physical sciences to the needs of humanity and the development of technology while works is .

engineering

English

(wikipedia engineering)

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) The application of mathematics and the physical sciences to the needs of humanity and the development of technology.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-14, volume=411, issue=8891, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= It's a gas , passage=One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.}}
  • The area aboard a ship where the engine is located.

    • Derived terms

    (Derived terms) * aerospace engineering * chemical engineering * civil engineering * control engineering * electrical engineering * engineering society * genetic engineering * geotechnical engineering * information engineering * manufacturing engineering * mechanical engineering * mechatronics engineering * memetic engineering * molecular engineering * protein engineering * reverse engineering * social engineering * software engineering * soil mechanics and engineering * sound engineering * systems engineering * tombstone engineering

    See also

    * science * applied mathematics

    works

    English

    (wikipedia works)

    Noun

    (head)
  • .
  • (plurale tantum) A mechanism or machine; the means by which something happens.
  • (plurale tantum) A factory or factories, or similar collection(s) of buildings.
  • *, chapter=22
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.}}
  • Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food.
  • Drastic treatment; abuse; the axe (dismissal).
  • (plurale tantum) Acts associated with moral or religious standing.

    • Derived terms

    * brassworks * bronzeworks * clayworks * copperworks * freezing works * good works * ironworks * metalworks * skunkworks * steelworks * waterworks

    Verb

    (head)
  • (work)

    • See also

    * in the works * the whole nine yards * the whole shebang

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