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Works vs Establishment - What's the difference?

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Works is a related term of establishment.


As nouns the difference between works and establishment

is that works is while establishment is the act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.

As a verb works

is (work).

works

English

(wikipedia works)

Noun

(head)
  • .
  • (plurale tantum) A mechanism or machine; the means by which something happens.
  • (plurale tantum) A factory or factories, or similar collection(s) of buildings.
  • *, chapter=22
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.}}
  • Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food.
  • Drastic treatment; abuse; the axe (dismissal).
  • (plurale tantum) Acts associated with moral or religious standing.

    • Derived terms

    * brassworks * bronzeworks * clayworks * copperworks * freezing works * good works * ironworks * metalworks * skunkworks * steelworks * waterworks

    Verb

    (head)
  • (work)

    • See also

    * in the works * the whole nine yards * the whole shebang

    Statistics

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    establishment

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.
  • The state of being established, founded, etc.; fixed state.
  • That which is established; as a form of government, a permanent organization, business or force, or the place where one is permanently fixed for residence.
  • (slang) The establishment : the ruling class or authority group in a society; especially, an entrenched authority dedicated to preserving the status quo. Sometimes capitalized: the Establishment.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)
    • , volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Our banks are out of control , passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.}}

    Derived terms

    * anti-establishment * eating establishment

    Synonyms

    * (act of establishing) foundation

    Antonyms

    * (act of establishing) abolition