What is the difference between manuscript and manual?

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What is the difference between manuscript and manual?
Manuscript is a related term of manual. As adjectives the difference between manuscript and manual is that manuscript is which is handwritten, or by extension typewritten, as opposed to mechanical reproduction while manual is performed with the hands (of an activity). As nouns the difference between manuscript and manual is that manuscript is a book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced while manual is a handbook.

manuscript

English

(wikipedia manuscript)

Adjective

(–)

  • handwritten, or by extension manually typewritten, as opposed to being mechanically reproduced.

    • Noun

    (en noun)

  • A book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced.
  • *

    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1
    , passage=In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts , […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned.}}

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    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= The Evolution of Eyeglasses
    , passage=The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone,

  • A single, original copy of a book, article, composition etc, written by hand or even printed, submitted as original for (copy-editing and) reproductive publication.

    • Abbreviations

    *

    Derived terms

    * manuscriptal
    * manuscription

    Synonyms

    * handwrit
    * autograph
    * handwriting

    Related terms

    * script

    manual

    English

    (wikipedia manual)

    Alternative forms

    * manuall (obsolete)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) manuel, from

    Noun

    (en noun)

  • A handbook.
  • A booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine.
  • (music) A keyboard for the hands on a harpsichord, organ, or other musical instrument.
  • A manual transmission; a gearbox, especially of a motorized vehicle, shifted by the operator.
  • (by synecdoche) A vehicle with a manual transmission.
  • A bicycle technique whereby the front wheel is held aloft by the rider, without the use of pedal foce.
    • Synonyms

    * handbook

    Derived terms

    * reference manual
    * instruction manual
    * user manual
    * user’s manual
    * owners manual
    * owner’s manual

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) manuel, manual, from (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (–)

  • Performed with the hands (of an activity).
  • * 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
    • She gave a wild manual brush to her locks.
  • Operated by means of the hands (of a machine, device etc.).
    • Synonyms

    *

    Antonyms

    * automatic

    Derived terms

    * manually

    Related terms

    * amanuensis
    * manufacture
    * manumit
    * manus
    * manuscript

    Coordinate terms

    * , relating to the mouth
    * , relating to the foot

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