Build vs. Craft

Buildverb

(transitive) To form (something) by combining materials or parts.

Buildverb

(transitive) To develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process.

Buildverb

(transitive) To increase or strengthen (something) by adding gradually to.

Buildverb

(transitive) To establish a basis for (something).

Buildverb

(intransitive) To form by combining materials or parts.

Buildverb

(intransitive) To develop in magnitude or extent.

Buildverb

To construct (software) by compiling its source code.

Buildverb

To be converted into software by compilation, usually with minimal human intervention.

Buildnoun

The physique of a human body; constitution or structure of a human body.

Buildnoun

Any of various versions of a software product as it is being developed for release to users.

Buildnoun

Any structure, such as a building, statue, pool or forest, created by the player.

Buildverb

To erect or construct, as an edifice or fabric of any kind; to form by uniting materials into a regular structure; to fabricate; to make; to raise.

Buildverb

To raise or place on a foundation; to form, establish, or produce by using appropriate means.

Buildverb

To increase and strengthen; to increase the power and stability of; to settle, or establish, and preserve; - frequently with up; as, to build up one's constitution.

Buildverb

To exercise the art, or practice the business, of building.

Buildverb

To rest or depend, as on a foundation; to ground one's self or one's hopes or opinions upon something deemed reliable; to rely; as, to build on the opinions or advice of others.

Buildnoun

Form or mode of construction; general figure; make; as, the build of a ship; a great build on a man.

Buildnoun

constitution of the human body

Buildnoun

alternative names for the body of a human being;

Buildverb

make by combining materials and parts;

Buildverb

form or accumulate steadily;

Buildverb

build or establish something abstract;

Buildverb

improve the cleansing action of;

Buildverb

order, supervise, or finance the construction of;

Buildverb

give form to, according to a plan;

Buildverb

be engaged in building;

Buildverb

found or ground;

Buildverb

bolster or strengthen;

Buildverb

develop and grow;

Craftnoun

Strength; power; might; force .

Craftnoun

(uncountable) Intellectual power; skill; art.

Craftnoun

Ability, skilfulness, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution; dexterity in managing affairs, adroitness, practical cunning; ingenuity in constructing, dexterity .

Craftnoun

Cunning, art, skill, or dexterity applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; subtlety; shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception .

Craftnoun

(obsolete) Occult art, magic .

Craftnoun

A work or product of art .

Craftnoun

(collective or plural) Handmade items, especially domestic or decorative objects; handicrafts .

Craftnoun

A device, a means; a magical device, spell or enchantment .

Craftnoun

Learning of the schools, scholarship; a branch of learning or knowledge, a science, especially one of the ‘seven liberal arts’ of the medieval universities .

Craftnoun

(uncountable) Skill, skilfulness, art, especially the skill needed for a particular profession .

Craftnoun

A branch of skilled work or trade, especially one requiring manual dexterity or artistic skill, but sometimes applied equally to any business, calling or profession; the skilled practice of a practical occupation .

Craftnoun

(countable) A trade or profession as embodied in its practitioners collectively; the members of a trade or handicraft as a body; an association of these; a trade's union, guild, or ‘company’ .

Craftnoun

A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space .

Craftnoun

(nautical) Boats, especially of smaller size than ships. Historically primarily applied to vessels engaged in loading or unloading of other vessels, as lighters, hoys, and barges.

Craftnoun

Those vessels attendant on a fleet, such as cutters, schooners, and gun-boats, generally commanded by lieutenants.

Craftnoun

(figurative) A woman.

Craftnoun

Implements used in catching fish, such as net, line, or hook. Modern use primarily in whaling, as in harpoons, hand-lances, etc. .

Craftverb

To make by hand and with much skill.

Craftverb

To construct, develop something (like a skilled craftsman).

Craftverb

(video games) To combine multiple items to form a new item, such as armour or medicine.

Craftnoun

Strength; might; secret power.

Craftnoun

Art or skill; dexterity in particular manual employment; hence, the occupation or employment itself; manual art; a trade.

Craftnoun

Those engaged in any trade, taken collectively; a guild; as, the craft of ironmongers.

Craftnoun

Cunning, art, or skill, in a bad sense, or applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; skill or dexterity employed to effect purposes by deceit or shrewd devices.

Craftnoun

A vessel; vessels of any kind; - generally used in a collective sense.

Craftverb

To play tricks; to practice artifice.

Craftnoun

the skilled practice of a practical occupation;

Craftnoun

a vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space

Craftnoun

people who perform a particular kind of skilled work;

Craftnoun

skill in an occupation or trade

Craftnoun

shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

Craftverb

make by hand and with much skill;

Craft

A craft or trade is a pastime or an occupation that requires particular skills and knowledge of skilled work. In a historical sense, particularly the Middle Ages and earlier, the term is usually applied to people occupied in small scale production of goods, or their maintenance, for example by tinkers.