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Manufactured vs Fabricate - What's the difference?

manufactured | fabricate |

As verbs the difference between manufactured and fabricate

is that manufactured is past tense of manufacture while fabricate is to form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship.

As an adjective manufactured

is manmade; produced by humans rather than nature.

manufactured

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • manmade; produced by humans rather than nature
  • (by extension) not genuine

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (manufacture)

    • Related terms

    * manufacture * manufacturing

    fabricate

    English

    Verb

    (fabricat)
  • To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship.
  • To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce; as, to fabricate computer chips.
  • To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely; as, to fabricate a lie or story.
  • (cooking) To cut up an animal as preparation for cooking, particularly used in reference to fowl.

    • Synonyms

    * manufacture, cook up, make up, invent

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