Process vs. Manual — What's the Difference?

A series of actions, changes, or functions bringing about a result

Relating to or done with the hands

A series of operations performed in the making or treatment of a product

A book giving instructions or information

Progress; passage

A vehicle with manual transmission.

The use of the law courts and other fora as a means of seeking redress

An organ keyboard played with the hands not the feet.

The set of actions and events that constitute a legal proceeding or a significant portion thereof

Of or relating to the hands

(Law) A means of compelling a person to appear in court, especially a summons ordering a defendant to appear in court.

Done by, used by, or operated with the hands.

(Biology) An outgrowth of tissue; a projecting part

Employing human rather than mechanical energy

Any of various photomechanical or photoengraving methods.

Of, relating to, or resembling a small reference book.

A running software program or other computing operation.

A small reference book, especially one giving instructions.

A part of a running software program or other computing operation that does a single task.

(Music) A keyboard, as of an organ or harpsichord, played with the hands.

See conk3.

A machine operated by hand.

To put through the steps of a prescribed procedure

A manual transmission.

To prepare, treat, or convert by subjecting to a special process

A vehicle having a manual transmission.

(Computers) To perform operations on (data).

Prescribed movements in the handling of a weapon, especially a rifle

To gain an understanding or acceptance of; come to terms with

A maneuver in certain board sports, such as skateboarding, in which all of the board except one end is lifted off the ground, especially when the tip of the board is kept from making contact with the ground.

To straighten (hair) by a chemical process; conk.

A handbook.

To move along in a procession

A booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product.

Prepared or converted by a special process

(military) A drill in the use of weapons, etc.

Made by or used in any of several photomechanical or photoengraving processes

An old office-book like the modern Roman Catholic ritual.

A series of events which produce a result (the product).

(countable) A device that is operated using the hands, or by a human rather than a machine.

(manufacturing) A set of procedures used to produce a product, most commonly in the food and chemical industries.

(automotive) A manual transmission; a gearbox, especially of a motorized vehicle, shifted by the operator.

A path of succession of states through which a system passes.

(by synecdoche) A vehicle with a manual transmission.

(anatomy) Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.

(music) A keyboard for the hands on a harpsichord, organ, or other musical instrument.

(legal) Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ.

A manual typewriter (as contrasted with an electronic one).

(biology) An outgrowth of tissue or cell.

(countable) A procedure or operation that is done using the hands, or by a human rather than machine.

(anatomy) A structure that arises above a surface.

Manual measurement of the blood pressure, done with a manual sphygmomanometer.

(computing) An executable task or program.

A bicycle technique whereby the front wheel is held aloft by the rider, without the use of pedal force.

The centre mark that players aim at in the game of squails.

A similar maneuver on a skateboard, lifting the front or back wheels while keeping the tail or nose of the board from touching the ground.

(transitive) To perform a particular process on a thing.

(uncountable) Manual control or operation.

(transitive) To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques.

(of an activity) Performed with the hands.

To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.

(of a machine, device etc.) Operated by means of the hands.

To develop photographic film.

Performed by a human rather than a machine.

To take legal proceedings against.

Of or pertaining to the hand.

To walk in a procession

Performed by a person using physical as contrasted with mental effort; as, manual labor.

The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.

Done or made by the hand. In some contexts, contrasted with automatic or mechanical.

A series of actions, motions, or occurrences; progressive act or transaction; continuous operation; normal or actual course or procedure; regular proceeding; as, the process of vegetation or decomposition; a chemical process; processes of nature.

A small book, such as may be carried in the hand, or conveniently handled; a handbook; specifically, the service book of the Roman Catholic Church.

A statement of events; a narrative.

A keyboard of an organ or harmonium for the fingers, as distinguished from the pedals; a clavier, or set of keys.

Any marked prominence or projecting part, especially of a bone; anapophysis.

A prescribed exercise in the systematic handing of a weapon; as, the manual of arms; the manual of the sword; the manual of the piece (cannon, mortar, etc.).

The whole course of proceedings in a cause real or personal, civil or criminal, from the beginning to the end of the suit; strictly, the means used for bringing the defendant into court to answer to the action; - a generic term for writs of the class called judicial.

A small handbook

A particular course of action intended to achieve a result;

(military) a prescribed drill in handling a rifle

A sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states;

Of or relating to the hands;

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents;

Requiring human effort;

A writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant

Doing or requiring physical work;

A mental process that you are not directly aware of;

A natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant;

Deal with in a routine way;

Subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition;

Perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information;

Institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against;

Shape, form, or improve a material;

Deliver a warrant or summons to someone;

March in a procession;