Handmade vs. Handicraft — What's the Difference?

Made by hand, not by machine, and typically therefore of superior quality

A handicraft, sometimes more precisely expressed as artisanal handicraft or handmade, is any of a wide variety of types of work where useful and decorative objects are made completely by one’s hand or by using only simple, non-automated related tools like scissors, carving implements, or hooks. It is a traditional main sector of craft making and applies to a wide range of creative and design activities that are related to making things with one's hands and skill, including work with textiles, moldable and rigid materials, paper, plant fibers,clay etc.

Made or prepared by hand rather than by machine.

Activity involving the making of decorative domestic or other objects by hand

Manufactured by hand.

Skill and facility with the hands.

An art or craft object made by hand.

A craft or occupation requiring skilled use of the hands.

Manufactured by hand; as, handmade shoes. Contrasted with machine-made.

An object that is crafted by skilled hands.

Made by hand or a hand process;

A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft.

An artifact produced by handicraft.

A man who earns his living by handicraft; a handicraftsman.

A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft.

A man who earns his living by handicraft; a handicraftsman.

A work produced by hand labor

A craft that requires skillful hands