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What is the difference between manufacture and create?

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Create is a synonym of manufacture.



In transitive terms the difference between manufacture and create

is that manufacture is to work (raw or partly wrought materials) into suitable forms for use while create is to confer a cardinalate, which can not be inherited, but most often bears a pre‐existent title (notably a church in Rome).

As verbs the difference between manufacture and create

is that manufacture is to make things, usually on a large scale, with tools and either physical labor or machinery while create is to put into existence.

As a noun manufacture

is the action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale.

As an adjective create is

created, resulting from creation.

manufacture

Noun

(en noun)
  • The action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2009 , date=April 3 , author=Olivia Feld , title=New gum could mean sticky end for mess , work= citation , page= , passage=After years of exporting the gum base to be used as an ingredient in the manufacture of regular chewing gum, the cooperative recently decided to start making its own gum using only chicle gum base and natural flavorings and sweeteners}}
  • Anything made, formed or produced; product.
  • * Jonathan Swift
  • The roads are crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures .
  • (figuratively) The process of such production; generation, creation.
  • * 1919 , :
  • Our lawgivers take special pride in the ever active manufacture of new bills and laws.

    Derived terms

    * manufactural * manufacture of consent

    Verb

    (manufactur)
  • To make things, usually on a large scale, with tools and either physical labor or machinery.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2008 , date=July 23 , author=Michael Brooks , title=Comment: It's time for the Vatican to accept IVF , work= citation , page= , passage=Scientists are learning how to manufacture sperm and egg cells from other types of cell; others are developing "alternative" wombs}}
  • To work (raw or partly wrought materials) into suitable forms for use.
  • to manufacture wool into blankets
  • (derogatory) To fabricate; to create false evidence to support a point.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2000 , date=December 10 , author=Daniel Zalewski , title=The Misinformation Age , work= citation , page= , passage=Digital technology has made it so easy to manufacture lies that it's become difficult to separate fact from fiction.}}

    References

    * * ----

    create

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Verb

    (creat)
  • To put into existence.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
  • , author= , volume=100, issue=2, page=171, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= Well-connected Brains , passage=Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= The new masters and commanders , passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.
  • To design, invest with a new form, shape, etc.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)
  • , volume=189, issue=2, page=48, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= The tao of tech , passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content",
  • To be creative, imaginative.
  • To cause, bring a (non-object) about by action.
  • * , chapter=7
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace.
  • To confer a title of nobility, not by descent, but by giving a title either initiated or restored for the incumbent.
  • To confer a cardinalate, which can not be inherited, but most often bears a pre?existent title (notably a church in Rome).
  • Synonyms

    * (to put into existence) generate * invent

    Antonyms

    * (to put into existence) annihilate, extinguish * imitate

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) Created, resulting from creation.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Hearts create of duty and zeal.

    Anagrams

    * English transitive verbs ----