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Refinery vs Manufactory - What's the difference?

refinery | manufactory |

As nouns the difference between refinery and manufactory

is that refinery is a building, or a mass of machinery, used to produce refined products such as sugar, oil, or metals while manufactory is a manufacturing process; a particular industry or part of an industry.

As an adjective manufactory is

relating to manufacture.

refinery

English

(wikipedia refinery)

Noun

(refineries)
  • A building, or a mass of machinery, used to produce refined products such as sugar, oil, or metals.

    • Related terms

    * refine * refinement

    manufactory

    English

    Noun

    (manufactories)
  • A manufacturing process; a particular industry or part of an industry.
  • A plant where something is manufactured; a factory.
  • *1832 , (Queen Victoria), journal, 2 Aug 1832:
  • *:We have just changed horses at Birmingham where I was two years ago and we visited the manufactories which are very curious.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Relating to manufacture.