Technology vs. Engineering — What's the Difference?

Technology ("science of craft", from Greek τέχνη, techne, "art, skill, cunning of hand"; and -λογία, -logia) is the sum of techniques, skills, methods, and processes used in the production of goods or services or in the accomplishment of objectives, such as scientific investigation. Technology can be the knowledge of techniques, processes, and the like, or it can be embedded in machines to allow for operation without detailed knowledge of their workings.

Engineering is the use of scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad range of more specialized fields of engineering, each with a more specific emphasis on particular areas of applied mathematics, applied science, and types of application.

The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry

The application of scientific and mathematical principles to practical ends such as the design, manufacture, and operation of efficient and economical structures, machines, processes, and systems.

The application of science, especially to industrial or commercial objectives.

The profession of or the work performed by an engineer.

The scientific method and material used to achieve a commercial or industrial objective.

Skillful maneuvering or direction

Electronic or digital products and systems considered as a group

Present participle of engineer

(Anthropology) The body of knowledge available to a society that is of use in fashioning implements, practicing manual arts and skills, and extracting or collecting materials.

(uncountable) The application of mathematics and the physical sciences to the needs of humanity and the development of technology.

(uncountable) The study of or a collection of techniques.

The area aboard a ship where the engine is located.

(countable) Any useful skill or mechanism that was developed or invented.

Actions controling the motion, shape, and/or substance of any physical object(s).

(archaic) A discourse or treatise on the arts.

Designates office area of the professional engineering staff.

Industrial science; the science of systematic knowledge of the industrial arts, especially of the more important manufactures, as spinning, weaving, metallurgy, etc.

Originally, the art of managing engines; in its modern and extended sense, the art and science by which the properties of matter are made useful to man, whether in structures, machines, chemical substances, or living organisms; the occupation and work of an engineer. In the modern sense, the application of mathematics or systematic knowledge beyond the routine skills of practise, for the design of any complex system which performs useful functions, may be considered as engineering, including such abstract tasks as designing software (software engineering).

The practical application of science to commerce or industry

The practical application of science to commerce or industry

The discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems;

The discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems;

A room (as on a ship) in which the engine is located