Produce vs. Manufacture — What's the Difference?

Produce is a generalized term for many farm-produced crops, including fruits and vegetables (grains, oats, etc. are also sometimes considered produce).

Make (something) on a large scale using machinery

Make or manufacture from components or raw materials

Invent (evidence or a story)

Cause (a particular result or situation) to happen or exist

The making of articles on a large scale using machinery

Show or provide (something) for consideration, inspection, or use

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

Administer the financial and managerial aspects of (a film or broadcast) or the staging of (a play, opera, etc.)

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

Extend or continue (a line)

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

Agricultural and other natural products collectively

To concoct or invent; fabricate

To bring forth; yield

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

To create by physical or mental effort

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

To manufacture

An industry in which mechanical power and machinery are employed.

To cause to occur or exist; give rise to

A product that is manufactured.

To bring forth; exhibit

The making or producing of something.

To act or operate as producer for

The action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale.

(Mathematics) To extend (an area or volume) or lengthen (a line).

Anything made, formed or produced; product.

To make or yield products or a product

(figuratively) The process of such production; generation, creation.

To manufacture or create economic goods and services.

(horology) A watch manufacturer that makes its own parts, rather than assembling watches from parts obtained from other firms.

Farm products, especially fresh fruits and vegetables, considered as a group.

To make things, usually on a large scale, with tools and either physical labor or machinery.

(transitive) To yield, make or manufacture; to generate.

(transitive) To work (raw or partly wrought materials) into suitable forms for use.

(transitive) To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.; to provide for inspection.

(derogatory) To fabricate; to create false evidence to support a point.

To sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc) to an audience or to the public.

The operation of making wares or any products by hand, by machinery, or by other agency.

(mathematics) To extend an area, or lengthen a line.

Anything made from raw materials by the hand, by machinery, or by art, as cloths, iron utensils, shoes, machinery, saddlery, etc.

(obsolete) To draw out; to extend; to lengthen or prolong.

To make (wares or other products) by hand, by machinery, or by other agency; as, to manufacture cloth, nails, glass, etc.

(music) To alter using technology, as opposed to simply performing.

To work, as raw or partly wrought materials, into suitable forms for use; as, to manufacture wool, cotton, silk, or iron.

That which is produced.

To be employed in manufacturing something.

Harvested agricultural goods collectively, especially vegetables and fruit, but possibly including eggs, dairy products and meat; the saleable food products of farms.

The organized action of making of goods and services for sale;

Offspring.

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

(Australia) Livestock and pet food supplies.

Put together out of components or parts;

To bring forward; to lead forth; to offer to view or notice; to exhibit; to show; as, to produce a witness or evidence in court.

Make up something artificial or untrue

To bring forth, as young, or as a natural product or growth; to give birth to; to bear; to generate; to propagate; to yield; to furnish; as, the earth produces grass; trees produce fruit; the clouds produce rain.

To cause to be or to happen; to originate, as an effect or result; to bring about; as, disease produces pain; vice produces misery.

To give being or form to; to manufacture; to make; as, a manufacturer produces excellent wares.

To yield or furnish; to gain; as, money at interest produces an income; capital produces profit.

To draw out; to extend; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to produce a man's life to threescore.

To extend; - applied to a line, surface, or solid; as, to produce a side of a triangle.

To yield or furnish appropriate offspring, crops, effects, consequences, or results.

That which is produced, brought forth, or yielded; product; yield; proceeds; result of labor, especially of agricultural labors

Fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market

Bring forth or yield;

Create or manufacture a man-made product;

Cause to occur or exist;

Bring out for display;

Bring onto the market or release;

Cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques;

Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes);