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Stockpile vs Inventory - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between stockpile and inventory

is that stockpile is a supply of something kept safe for future use while inventory is the stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business.

As verbs the difference between stockpile and inventory

is that stockpile is to accumulate a stockpile while inventory is to take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory.

stockpile

English

Noun

(wikipedia stockpile) (en noun)
  • A supply of something kept safe for future use.

    • Verb

    (stockpil)
  • To accumulate a stockpile.

    • inventory

    English

    (wikipedia inventory)

    Noun

    (inventories)
  • (operations) The stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business
    • Due to an undersized inventory at the Boston outlet, customers had to travel to Providence to find the item.
  • (operations) a detailed list of all of the items on hand
    • The inventory included several items that one wouldn't normally think to find at a cheese shop.
  • (operations) the process of producing or updating such a list
    • This month's inventory took nearly three days.
  • (lb) A space containing the available to a character for immediate use.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * invent * invented * inventive * invention * inventor * reinvent

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (operations) To take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory.
    • The main job of the night shift was to inventory the store, and restock when necessary.

    Synonyms

    * (take stock) index

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