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Production vs Volume - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between production and volume

is that production is the act of producing, making or creating something while volume is a unit of three-dimensional measure of space that comprises a length, a width and a height. It is measured in units of cubic centimeters in metric, cubic inches or cubic feet in English measurement.

production

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of producing, making or creating something.
  • The widget making machine is being used for production now.
  • The act of bringing something forward, out etc. for use or consideration.
  • * 1910 , , "The Lost Sanjak", Reginald in Russia :
  • I tramped to a neighbouring market-town, and, late as the hour was, the production of a few shillings procured me supper and a night's lodging in a cheap coffee-house.
  • the act of being produced
  • The widgets are coming out of production now.
  • the total amount produced
  • They hope to increase spaghetti production next year.
  • the presentation of a theatrical work
  • We went to a production of Hamlet.
  • an occasion or activity made more complicated than necessary
  • He made a simple meal into a huge production .
  • that which is manufactured or is ready for manufacturing in volume (as opposed to a prototype or conceptual model)
  • This is the final production model.
  • The act of lengthening out or prolonging.
  • Derived terms

    * production line

    volume

    English

    (wikipedia volume)

    Alternative forms

    * (abbreviation)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A unit of three-dimensional measure of space that comprises a length, a width and a height. It is measured in units of cubic centimeters in metric, cubic inches or cubic feet in English measurement.
  • Strength of sound. Measured in decibels.
  • The issues of a periodical over a period of one year.
  • A book.
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=However, with the dainty volume my quondam friend sprang into fame. At the same time he cast off the chrysalis of a commonplace existence.}}
  • A single book of a publication issued in multi-book format, such as an encyclopedia.
  • Quantity.
  • (economics) The total supply of money in circulation or, less frequently, total amount of credit extended, within a specified national market or worldwide.
  • (computing) An accessible storage area with a single file system, typically resident on a single partition of a hard disk.
  • See also

    * book * tome ; cubic distance * Customary: ounces, pints, quarts, gallons, cubic inches (in3), cubic feet, cubic yards, cubic miles * Metric: mililiters, liters, cubic meters (m3), cubic centimeters ("cc") (cm3) ; sound * Universal: bels, decibels * Metric: millipascals (mPa)

    Derived terms

    * voluminous