Manufacture vs. Factory

Manufacturenoun

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

Manufacturenoun

Anything made, formed or produced; product.

Manufacturenoun

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

Manufactureverb

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

Manufactureverb

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

Manufactureverb

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

Manufacturenoun

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

Manufacturenoun

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

Manufactureverb

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

Manufactureverb

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

Manufactureverb

To be employed in manufacturing something.

Manufacturenoun

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

Manufacturenoun

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

Manufactureverb

put together out of components or parts;

Manufactureverb

make up something artificial or untrue

Manufactureverb

make (something) on a large scale using machinery

Manufactureverb

(of a living thing) produce (a substance) naturally

Manufactureverb

make or produce (something abstract) in a merely mechanical way

Manufactureverb

invent (evidence or a story)

Manufacturenoun

the making of articles on a large scale using machinery

Manufacturenoun

a specified branch of industry

Manufacturenoun

manufactured articles

Factorynoun

(obsolete) A trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country.

Factorynoun

The position or state of being a factor.

Factorynoun

A building or other place where manufacturing takes place.

Factorynoun

A device which produces or manufactures something.

Factorynoun

(programming) In a computer program or library, a function, method, etc. which creates an object.

Factoryadjective

Having come from the factory in the state it is currently in; original, stock.

Factorynoun

A house or place where factors, or commercial agents, reside, to transact business for their employers.

Factorynoun

The body of factors in any place; as, a chaplain to a British factory.

Factorynoun

A building, or collection of buildings, appropriated to the manufacture of goods; the place where workmen are employed in fabricating goods, wares, or utensils; a manufactory; as, a cotton factory.

Factorynoun

a plant consisting of buildings with facilities for manufacturing

Factory

A factory, manufacturing plant or a production plant is an industrial site, often a complex consisting of several buildings filled with machinery, where workers manufacture items or operate machines which process each item into another. They are a critical part of modern economic production, with the majority of the world's goods being created or processed within factories.