Article vs. Manuscript — What's the Difference?

A particular item or object

A manuscript (abbreviated MS for singular and MSS for plural) was, traditionally, any document written by hand – or, once practical typewriters became available, typewritten – as opposed to mechanically printed or reproduced in some indirect or automated way. More recently, the term has come to be understood to further include any written, typed, or word-processed copy of an author's work, as distinguished from its rendition as a printed version of the same.

A piece of writing included with others in a newspaper, magazine, or other publication

A book, document, or piece of music written by hand rather than typed or printed

A separate clause or paragraph of a legal document or agreement, typically one outlining a single rule or regulation

A handwritten book, poem, or other document, or a collection of such handwritten documents bound together

A period of training with a firm as a solicitor, architect, surveyor, or accountant

A version of a book, article, or other work before being published or prepared for publication

The definite or indefinite article.

Handwriting, especially in contrast to print

Bind (a trainee solicitor, architect, surveyor, or accountant) to undergo a period of training with a firm in order to become qualified

Handwritten, or by extension manually typewritten, as opposed to being mechanically reproduced.

An individual thing or element of a class; a particular object or item

A book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced.

A particular section or item of a series in a written document, as in a contract, constitution, or treaty.

A single, original copy of a book, article, composition etc, written by hand or even printed, submitted as original for (copy-editing and) reproductive publication.

A nonfictional literary composition that forms an independent part of a publication, as of a newspaper or magazine.

Written with or by the hand; not printed; as, a manuscript volume.

The part of speech used to indicate nouns and to specify their application.

An original literary or musical composition written by the author, formerly with the hand, now usually by typewriter or word processor. It is contrasted with a printed copy.

Any of the words belonging to this part of speech. In English, the indefinite articles are a and an and the definite article is the.

Writing, as opposed to print; as, the book exists only in manuscript.

A particular part or subject; a specific matter or point.

The form of a literary work submitted for publication

To bind by articles set forth in a contract, such as one of apprenticeship.

Handwritten book or document

A piece of nonfictional writing such as a story, report, opinion piece, or entry in a newspaper, magazine, journal, dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.

An object, a member of a group or class.

(grammar) A part of speech that indicates, specifies and limits a noun (a, an, or the in English). In some languages the article may appear as an ending (e.g. definite article in Swedish) or there may be none (e.g. Russian, Pashto).

A section of a legal document, bylaws, etc. or, in the plural, the entire document seen as a collection of these.

A genuine article.

A part or segment of something joined to other parts, or, in combination, forming a structured set.

A person; an individual.

(archaic) A wench.

(dated) Subject matter; concern.

(dated) A distinct part.

(obsolete) A precise point in time; a moment.

(transitive) To bind by articles of apprenticeship.

(obsolete) To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles or accusations.

To formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars.

A distinct portion of an instrument, discourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more particulars, or treating of various topics; as, an article in the Constitution. Hence: A clause in a contract, system of regulations, treaty, or the like; a term, condition, or stipulation in a contract; a concise statement; as, articles of agreement.

A literary composition, forming an independent portion of a magazine, newspaper, or cyclopedia.

Subject; matter; concern; distinct.

A distinct part.

A particular one of various things; as, an article of merchandise; salt is a necessary article.

Precise point of time; moment.

One of the three words, a, an, the, used before nouns to limit or define their application. A (or an) is called the indefinite article, the the definite article.

One of the segments of an articulated appendage.

To formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars.

To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles.

To bind by articles of covenant or stipulation; as, to article an apprentice to a mechanic.

To agree by articles; to stipulate; to bargain; to covenant.

Nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication

One of a class of artifacts;

A separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)

(grammar) a determiner that may indicate the specificity of reference of a noun phrase

Bind by a contract; especially for a training period