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Carpentry vs Fabrication - What's the difference?

carpentry | fabrication |

In uncountable terms the difference between carpentry and fabrication

is that carpentry is the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures; woodworking while fabrication is the act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture.

In countable terms the difference between carpentry and fabrication

is that carpentry is a carpenter's workshop while fabrication is that which is fabricated; a falsehood.

carpentry

English

Noun

(wikipedia carpentry)
  • (uncountable) The trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures; woodworking
  • (countable) A carpenter's workshop.
  • See also

    * cabinetmaking * joinery (wikibooks carpentry)

    fabrication

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture
  • the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government
  • (countable) That which is fabricated; a falsehood
  • The story is doubtless a fabrication .