Difference between Factory and Mill

What is the difference between Factory and Mill?

Factory as a noun is a trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country. while Mill as a noun is a grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc.

Factory

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country. The position or state of being a factor. A building or other place where manufacturing takes place. A device which produces or manufactures something. In a computer program or library, a function or method which creates an object.

Example sentence: When I was 13, I had my first job with my dad carrying shingles up to the roof. And then I got a job washing dishes at a restaurant. And then I got a job in a grocery store deli. And then I got a job in a factory sweeping Cheerio dust off the ground.

Mill

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.To shape, polish, dress or finish using a machine.To engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin).(followed by around, about, etc.) To move about in an aimless fashion.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc.The building housing such a grinding apparatus.A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, etc.A building housing such a plant.An establishment that handles a certain type of situation routinely, such as a divorce mill, etc.An obsolete coin with value one-thousandth of a dollar, or one-tenth of a cent.One thousandth part, particularly in millage rates of property tax.

Example sentence: Week by week my orders grew, and the flat of the old mill soon assumed a very busy aspect.

We hope you now know whether to use Factory or Mill in your sentence.

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