Technique vs Manufacture - What's the difference?
technique | manufacture |
(uncountable) The practical aspects of a given art, occupation etc.; formal requirements.
* 1924 , HE Wortham, A Musical Odyssey , p. 97:
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= (uncountable) Practical ability in some given field or practice, often as opposed to creativity or imaginative skill.
* 2011 , "Bhimsen Joshi", The Economist , 3 Feb 2011:
(label) a method of achieving something or carrying something out, especially one requiring some skill or knowledge.
* 2011 , Paul Lewis & Matthew Taylor, The Guardian , 16 Mar 2011:
The action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale.
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Anything made, formed or produced; product.
* Jonathan Swift
(figuratively) The process of such production; generation, creation.
* 1919 , :
To make things, usually on a large scale, with tools and either physical labor or machinery.
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To work (raw or partly wrought materials) into suitable forms for use.
(derogatory) To fabricate; to create false evidence to support a point.
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As a noun technique
is (uncountable) the practical aspects of a given art, occupation etc; formal requirements.As a verb manufacture is
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English
Noun
- Brahms, after realizing that the technique of the piano was developing along mistaken lines, and his own danger of stereotyping his style, keeps away from it for most of his middle age [...].
Catherine Clabby
Focus on Everything, passage=Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field. A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that.}}
- Yet those who packed concert halls to listen to him sing, as Indians did for over six decades, rarely mentioned his technique .
- They said executives were warned about one technique nicknamed "carpet karaoke", which involved bending deportees over in aircraft seats to silence them.
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(wikipedia manufacture)Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=After years of exporting the gum base to be used as an ingredient in the manufacture of regular chewing gum, the cooperative recently decided to start making its own gum using only chicle gum base and natural flavorings and sweeteners}}
- The roads are crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures .
- Our lawgivers take special pride in the ever active manufacture of new bills and laws.
Derived terms
* manufactural * manufacture of consentVerb
(manufactur)citation, page= , passage=Scientists are learning how to manufacture sperm and egg cells from other types of cell; others are developing "alternative" wombs}}
- to manufacture wool into blankets
citation, page= , passage=Digital technology has made it so easy to manufacture lies that it's become difficult to separate fact from fiction.}}