Manufacturing vs. Industry
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Difference Between Manufacturing and Industry
Manufacturingnoun
The transformation of raw materials into finished products, usually on a large scale.
Industrynoun
(uncountable) The tendency to work persistently. Diligence.
Over the years, their industry and business sense made them wealthy.Manufacturingnoun
The industry in which such products are made.
Industrynoun
Businesses of the same type, considered as a whole. Trade.
The software and tourism industries continue to grow, while the steel industry remains troubled.The steel industry has long used blast furnaces to smelt iron.Manufacturingadjective
Used in manufacturing.
Industrynoun
Businesses that produce goods as opposed to services.
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Industrynoun
The sector of the economy consisting of large-scale enterprises.
There used to be a lot of industry around here, but now the economy depends on tourism.Industrynoun
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Industrynoun
(archaeology) A typological classification of stone tools, associated with a technocomplex.
Industrynoun
the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise;
each industry has its own trade publicationsIndustrynoun
the organized action of making of goods and services for sale;
American industry is making increased use of computers to control productionIndustrynoun
persevering determination to perform a task;
his diligence won him quick promotionsfrugality and industry are still regarded as virtuesADVERTISEMENT
