Manufacture vs Engineer - What's the difference?
manufacture | engineer |
The action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale.
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Anything made, formed or produced; product.
* Jonathan Swift
(figuratively) The process of such production; generation, creation.
* 1919 , :
To make things, usually on a large scale, with tools and either physical labor or machinery.
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To work (raw or partly wrought materials) into suitable forms for use.
(derogatory) To fabricate; to create false evidence to support a point.
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A person who is qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering.
A person who operates an engine (such as a locomotive).
To design, construct or manage something as an engineer.
To alter or construct something by means of genetic engineering.
To plan or achieve some goal by contrivance or guile; to wangle or finagle.
As verbs the difference between manufacture and engineer
is that manufacture is while engineer is to design, construct or manage something as an engineer.As a noun engineer is
a person who is qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering.manufacture
English
(wikipedia manufacture)Noun
(en noun)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}}
- The roads are crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures .
- Our lawgivers take special pride in the ever active manufacture of new bills and laws.
Derived terms
* manufactural * manufacture of consentVerb
(manufactur)citation, page= , passage=Scientists are learning how to manufacture sperm and egg cells from other types of cell; others are developing "alternative" wombs}}
- to manufacture wool into blankets
citation, page= , passage=Digital technology has made it so easy to manufacture lies that it's become difficult to separate fact from fiction.}}
