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Manpower vs Machinery - What's the difference?

manpower | machinery |

As nouns the difference between manpower and machinery

is that manpower is the total number of all available workers; the workforce while machinery is the machines constituting a production apparatus, in a plant etc., collectively.

manpower

English

Noun

(wikipedia manpower) (-)
  • The total number of all available workers; the workforce.
  • The power exerted by a single person (analogous to horsepower.)

    • machinery

    English

    Noun

  • The machines constituting a production apparatus, in a plant etc., collectively.
  • The working parts of a machine as a group.
  • The collective parts of something which allow it to function.
  • (figuratively) The literary devices used in a work, notably for dramatic effect

    • Related terms

    * machinist

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