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Fabrication vs Synthesize - What's the difference?

fabrication | synthesize |

As a noun fabrication

is the act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture.

As a verb synthesize is

to combine two or more things to produce a new, more complex product.

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 .

    synthesize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * synthesise (UK)

    Verb

    (synthesiz)
  • To combine two or more things to produce a new, more complex product.
  • (of two or more things) To be combined producing a new, more complex product.
  • (chemistry) To produce a substance by chemical synthesis.
  • (intransitive, chemistry, of a substance) To be produced by chemical synthesis.
  • Derived terms

    * photosynthesize