assembly vs manufacture

assembly

noun
  • The act of putting together a set of pieces, fragments, or elements. 

  • A building block of an application, similar to a DLL, but containing both executable code and information normally found in a DLL's type library. The type library information in an assembly, called a manifest, describes public functions, data, classes, and version information. 

  • A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble. 

  • A congregation of people in one place for a purpose. 

  • A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device. 

  • A legislative body. 

manufacture

noun
  • Anything made, formed or produced; product. 

  • The process of such production; generation, creation. 

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

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

verb
  • To fabricate; to create false evidence to support a point. 

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

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

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