Manufacturing vs. Industrial

Manufacturingnoun

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

Industrialadjective

Of or relating to industry, notably manufacturing.

‘The industrial segment of the economy has seen troubles lately.’;

Manufacturingnoun

The industry in which such products are made.

Industrialadjective

Produced by such industry.

‘Handicraft is less standardized then industrial products, hence less artistic or rather flawless.’;

Manufacturingadjective

Used in manufacturing.

Industrialadjective

Used by such industry.

Manufacturingadjective

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

Industrialadjective

Suitable for use in such industry; industrial-grade.

‘This is an industrial product—it's much too strong for home use.’;

Manufacturingadjective

Pertaining to manufacture; as, manufacturing projects.

Industrialadjective

Massive in scale or quantity.

Manufacturing

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.

Industrialadjective

Employed as manpower by such industry.

Industrialadjective

(of a society or country) Having many industries; industrialized.

‘Italy is a part-industrial, part-rural nation.’;

Industrialadjective

(music) Belonging or pertaining to the genre of industrial music.

‘a track with clashing industrial beats’;

Industrialnoun

An employee in industry.

Industrialnoun

(business) An enterprise producing tangible goods or providing certain services to industrial companies.

Industrialnoun

(finance) A bond or stock issued by such a company.

Industrialnoun

(film) A film made for use within an industry, not for a movie-going audience.

Industrialnoun

Industrial music.

‘I wish they'd play more industrial in this club.’;

Industrialnoun

(informal) An industrial piercing.

Industrialadjective

Consisting in industry; pertaining to industry, or the arts and products of industry; concerning those employed in labor, especially in manual labor, and their wages, duties, and rights.

‘The great ideas of industrial development and economic social amelioration.’;

Industrialadjective

of or relating to or resulting from industry;

‘industrial output’;

Industrialadjective

having highly developed industries;

‘the industrial revolution’; ‘an industrial nation’;

Industrialadjective

employed in industry;

‘industrial workers’; ‘the industrial term in use among professional thieves’;

Industrialadjective

employed in industry;

‘the industrial classes’; ‘industrial work’;

Industrialadjective

suitable to stand up to hard wear;

‘industrial carpeting’;