different between discovery vs production

English

Alternative forms

• discoverie (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?s?k?v??i/

Noun

discovery (countable and uncountable, plural discoveries)

1. Something discovered.

   This latest discovery should eventually lead to much better treatments for disease.

2. (uncountable) The discovering of new things.

   The purpose of the voyage was discovery.

   Automatic discovery of RSS feeds by a Web browser.
3. (countable, archaic) An act of uncovering or revealing something; a revelation.
   • 1822, Alain René Le Sage, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane

     Don Huberto actually fell in love with his kinswoman, and had presumption enough to declare his passion […] The lady being a woman of discretion, instead of making a discovery, which might have been attended with melancholy consequences, reprimanded her relation with gentleness […]

4. (law, uncountable) A pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.

   The prosecution moved to suppress certain items turned up during discovery.

5. (law, uncountable) Materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.

   The defense argued that the plaintiff's discovery was inadequate.

Related terms

• discover verb
• discoverer noun
• e-discovery

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French production, from Latin productio, productionem (“a lengthening, prolonging”). See produce.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???d?k??n/

Noun

production (countable and uncountable, plural productions)

1. The act of producing, making or creating something. [from 15th c.]

2. The act of bringing something forward, out, etc., for use or consideration. [from 15th c.]
3. The act of being produced.

4. The total amount produced.
5. The presentation of a theatrical work.

6. An occasion or activity made more complicated than necessary.

7. That which is manufactured or is ready for manufacturing in volume (as opposed to a prototype or conceptual model).

8. The act of lengthening out or prolonging.
9. (zoology) An extension or protrusion.
10. (computing) A rewrite rule specifying a symbol substitution that can be recursively performed to generate new symbol sequences. (More information on Wikipedia.)

11. (programming, uncountable) The environment where finished code runs, as opposed to staging or development.
12. (Scotland, law, in the plural) Written documents produced in support of the action or defence.

Derived terms

• productionise, productionize
• production line

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ??????? (purodakushon)

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin productio, productionem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.dyk.sj??/

Noun

production f (plural productions)

1. production

Related terms

• produire
• produit

Further reading

• “production” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).