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Made vs Manufactured - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between made and manufactured

is that made is past tense of make while manufactured is past tense of manufacture.

As a noun made

is a maggot or grub.

As an adjective manufactured is

manmade; produced by humans rather than nature.

made

English

(wikipedia made)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) mathe, from (etyl) . More at (l).

Alternative forms

* (l) * (l) (Scotland)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A maggot or grub.
    • Related terms
    * (l) * (l) * (l)/(l)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) made, makede, . More at (l).

    Verb

    (head)
  • (make)
    • Quotations
    * (English Citations of "made")
    Derived terms
    * have it made * home-made * made in the shade * made man * ready-made * self-made

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    manufactured

    English

    Adjective

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

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (manufacture)

    • Related terms

    * manufacture * manufacturing