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LivingMetal on 22 September 2016
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deskpro2k3 said:

OK lets test this out.

I want to know if I'm the only one that understands the difference between manufacture and build. Please vote truthfully with either Yes or a No if the 5 examples below make sense. Feel free to add a comment if you want.

You build dams, you dont manufacture it.
You manufacture car parts, you build the car from these parts.
You build a house, you dont manufacture it.
You manufacture cement, and use it for building a house.
You manufacture iphone 7 parts, and use it to build an iphone 7.

You are correct.  It does also depend on context such as there are manufactured homes (trailer).  An item "manufactured" was built to be ready-made to serve for "building" purposes.  Might I ask what brought this up?