different between machinery vs enginery

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

English

Alternative forms

• enginrie (obsolete)

Etymology

engine +? -ry

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nd???n?i/

Noun

enginery (countable and uncountable, plural engineries)

1. (archaic) Machinery made up of engines; instruments of war.
2. (archaic) The act or art of managing engines, or artillery.
3. (archaic) Any device or contrivance; machinery; structure or arrangement.
   • a. 1763, William Shenstone, The Ruined Abbey

     To play some image on the gaping crowd,
     Imbibe the novel daylight, and expose,
     Obvious, the fraudful enginery of Rome

Anagrams

• reneying