different between engineering vs machinery

English

Etymology

engineer +? -ing

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??n.d????n??.???/

Verb

engineering

1. present participle of engineer

Noun

engineering (usually uncountable, plural engineerings)

1. (uncountable) The application of mathematics and the physical sciences to the needs of humanity and the development of technology.
2. The area aboard a ship where the engine is located.
3. Actions controling the motion, shape, and/or substance of any physical object(s).
4. Designates office area of the professional engineering staff.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• geoengineering

Translations

See also

• science
• applied mathematics

References

• engineering on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From French machinerie (“machinery”), from machine (“machine”); see machine.

Pronunciation

• enPR: m?-sh?'n?-r?, IPA^(key): /m???i?n??i/
• Rhymes: -i?n??i

Noun

machinery (countable and uncountable, plural machineries)

1. The machines constituting a production apparatus, in a plant etc., collectively.
2. The working parts of a machine as a group.
3. The collective parts of something which allow it to function.

   All of the machinery of the law was brought to bear on the investigation.

4. (figuratively) The literary devices used in a work, notably for dramatic effect

Derived terms

• heavy machinery
• political machinery

Related terms

• machinist

Translations

Further reading

• machinery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• machinery in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• hemicrany