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The_Yoda said:

Neodegenerate said:

In a nutshell, pretty much.

The general idea of manufacturing is to create an independent item using technology and/or innovative procedures.  The general idea of building is to use independent items to create a better/stronger/more capable item through any means really.

 

"to make or produce by hand or machinery, especially on a large scale."

In its earliest form, manufacturing was usually carried out by a single skilled artisan with assistants. Training was by apprenticeship. In much of the pre-industrial world, the guild system protected the privileges and trade secrets of urban artisans.

Thus the innovative procedures part of the explanation.  Also, with technology, definitions evolve.  The manufacturers of yesteryear are more or less defined as artists today.  Where manufacturing is more commercial and conventional.