Fabrication vs. Manufacturing — What's the Difference?

To make; create.

Manufacturing is the production of goods through the use of labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of secondary sector of the economy.

To construct by combining or assembling diverse, typically standardized parts

To make or process (a raw material) into a finished product, especially by means of a large-scale industrial operation.

To concoct in order to deceive

To make or process (a product), especially with the use of industrial machines.

(uncountable) The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture

To create, produce, or turn out in a mechanical manner

(countable) That which is fabricated; a falsehood

To concoct or invent; fabricate

(cooking) The act of cutting up an animal carcass as preparation for cooking; butchery.

To make or process goods, especially in large quantities and by means of industrial machines.

The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture; as, the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government.

The act, craft, or process of manufacturing products, especially on a large scale.

That which is fabricated; a falsehood; as, the story is doubtless a fabrication.

An industry in which mechanical power and machinery are employed.

A deliberately false or improbable account

A product that is manufactured.

Writing in a fictional form

The making or producing of something.

The act of making something (a product) from raw materials;

The transformation of raw materials into finished products, usually on a large scale.

The act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)

The industry in which such products are made.

The deliberate act of deviating from the truth

Used in manufacturing.

Present participle of manufacture

Employed, or chiefly employed, in manufacture; as, a manufacturing community; a manufacturing town.

Pertaining to manufacture; as, manufacturing projects.