Create vs. Craft

Create vs. Craft — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Create and Craft

Createverb

(transitive) To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:)

You can create the color orange by mixing yellow and red.

Craftnoun

Strength; power; might; force .

Createverb

To bring into existence out of nothing, without the prior existence of the materials or elements used.

Craftnoun

(uncountable) Intellectual power; skill; art.

Createverb

To make or produce from other (e.g. raw, unrefined or scattered) materials or combinable elements or ideas; to design or invest with a new form, shape, function, etc.

Couturiers create exclusive garments for an affluent clientele.

Craftnoun

Ability, skilfulness, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution; dexterity in managing affairs, adroitness, practical cunning; ingenuity in constructing, dexterity .

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Createverb

(transitive) To cause, to bring (a non-object) about by an action, behavior, or event, to occasion.

crop failures created food shortages and high prices; his stubbornness created many difficultiesA sudden chemical spill on the highway created a chain‐collision which created a record traffic jam.

Craftnoun

Cunning, art, skill, or dexterity applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; subtlety; shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception .

Createverb

(transitive) To confer or invest with a rank or title of nobility, to appoint, ordain or constitute.

Henry VIII created him a Duke.Last month, the queen created two barons.Under the concordate with Belgium, at least one Belgian clergyman must be created cardinal; by tradition, every archbishop of Mechelen is thus created a cardinal.

Craftnoun

(obsolete) Occult art, magic .

Createverb

(intransitive) To be or do something creative, imaginative, originative.

Children usually enjoy creating, never mind if it is of any use!

Craftnoun

A work or product of art .

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Createverb

(transitive) In theatre, to be the first performer of a role; to originate a character.

Craftnoun

(collective or plural) Handmade items, especially domestic or decorative objects; handicrafts .

Createverb

To make a fuss, complain; to shout.

Craftnoun

A device, a means; a magical device, spell or enchantment .

Createadjective

(obsolete) Created, resulting from creation.

Craftnoun

Learning of the schools, scholarship; a branch of learning or knowledge, a science, especially one of the ‘seven liberal arts’ of the medieval universities .

Createverb

make or cause to be or to become;

make a mess in one's officecreate a furor

Craftnoun

(uncountable) Skill, skilfulness, art, especially the skill needed for a particular profession .

The craft of writing plays.

Createverb

bring into existence;

The company was created 25 years agoHe created a new movement in painting

Craftnoun

A branch of skilled work or trade, especially one requiring manual dexterity or artistic skill, but sometimes applied equally to any business, calling or profession; the skilled practice of a practical occupation .

The carpenter's craft.He learned his craft as an apprentice.

Createverb

pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity;

Don't disturb him--he is creating

Craftnoun

(countable) A trade or profession as embodied in its practitioners collectively; the members of a trade or handicraft as a body; an association of these; a trade's union, guild, or ‘company’ .

She represented the craft of brewers.

Createverb

invest with a new title, office, or rank;

Create one a peer

Craftnoun

A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space .

Createverb

create by artistic means;

create a poemSchoenberg created twelve-tone musicPicasso created CubismAuden made verses

Craftnoun

(nautical) Boats, especially of smaller size than ships. Historically primarily applied to vessels engaged in loading or unloading of other vessels, as lighters, hoys, and barges.

Createverb

create or manufacture a man-made product;

We produce more cars than we can sellThe company has been making toys for two centuries

Craftnoun

Those vessels attendant on a fleet, such as cutters, schooners, and gun-boats, generally commanded by lieutenants.

Craftnoun

(figurative) A woman.

Craftnoun

Implements used in catching fish, such as net, line, or hook. Modern use primarily in whaling, as in harpoons, hand-lances, etc. .

Craftverb

To make by hand and with much skill.

Craftverb

To construct, develop something (like a skilled craftsman).

state crafting; the process of crafting global policing

Craftverb

(video games) To combine multiple items to form a new item, such as armour or medicine.

Craftnoun

the skilled practice of a practical occupation;

he learned his trade as an apprentice

Craftnoun

a vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space

Craftnoun

people who perform a particular kind of skilled work;

he represented the craft of brewersas they say in the trade

Craftnoun

skill in an occupation or trade

Craftnoun

shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

Craftverb

make by hand and with much skill;

The artisan crafted a complicated tool