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Difference Between Books and Manuscript

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Books

A set of written, printed, or blank pages fastened along one side and encased between protective covers.

Manuscript

A manuscript (abbreviated MS for singular and MSS for plural) was, traditionally, any document written by hand – or, once practical typewriters became available, typewritten – as opposed to mechanically printed or reproduced in some indirect or automated way. More recently, the term has come to be understood to further include any written, typed, or word-processed copy of an author's work, as distinguished from its rendition as a printed version of the same.

Books

An e-book or other electronic resource structured like a book.

Manuscript

A book, document, or piece of music written by hand rather than typed or printed
Early Gothic manuscripts
An illuminated manuscript

Books

A printed or written literary work
Did you ever finish writing that book?.
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Manuscript

A handwritten book, poem, or other document, or a collection of such handwritten documents bound together
The contents of the manuscript include a romance and a saint's life.

Books

A main division of a larger printed or written work
A book of the Old Testament.

Manuscript

A version of a book, article, or other work before being published or prepared for publication
The author submitted the manuscript as a text file.

Books

A volume in which financial or business transactions are recorded.

Manuscript

Handwriting, especially in contrast to print
Her last poems were left in manuscript.
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Books

Books Financial or business records considered as a group
Checked the expenditures on the books.

Manuscript

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

Books

A libretto.

Manuscript

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

Books

The script of a play.

Manuscript

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.

Books

The Bible.

Manuscript

Written with or by the hand; not printed; as, a manuscript volume.

Books

The Koran.

Manuscript

An original literary or musical composition written by the author, formerly with the hand, now usually by typewriter or word processor. It is contrasted with a printed copy.

Books

A set of prescribed standards or rules on which decisions are based
Runs the company by the book.

Manuscript

Writing, as opposed to print; as, the book exists only in manuscript.

Books

Something regarded as a source of knowledge or understanding.

Manuscript

The form of a literary work submitted for publication

Books

The total amount of experience, knowledge, understanding, and skill that can be used in solving a problem or performing a task
We used every trick in the book to finish the project on schedule.

Manuscript

Handwritten book or document

Books

(Informal) Factual information, especially of a private nature
What's the book on him?.

Books

A pack of like or similar items bound together
A book of matches.

Books

A record of bets placed on a race.

Books

(Games) The number of card tricks needed before any tricks can have scoring value, as the first six tricks taken by the declaring side in bridge.

Books

To arrange for or purchase (tickets or lodgings, for example) in advance; reserve.

Books

To arrange a reservation, as for a hotel room, for (someone)
Book me into the best hotel in town.

Books

To hire or engage
Booked a band for Saturday night.

Books

To list or register in a book
Booked the revenue from last month's sales.

Books

To list or record appointments or engagements in
A calendar that was booked solid on Tuesday.

Books

To record information about (a suspected offender) after arrest in preparation for arraignment, usually including a criminal history search, fingerprinting, and photographing.

Books

(Sports) To record the flagrant fouls of (a player) for possible disciplinary action, as in soccer.

Books

To designate a time for; schedule
Let's book a meeting for next month.

Books

To be hired for or engaged in
The actor has booked his next movie with that director.

Books

To make a reservation
Book early if you want good seats.

Books

Of or relating to knowledge learned from books rather than actual experience
Has book smarts but not street smarts.

Books

Appearing in a company's financial records
Book profits.

Books

Plural of book

Books

(accounting) Accounting records.

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