Carpentry is defined as being the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures. Woodworking is defined as the crafts of carpentry, cabinet-making, and related skills of making things from wood.

Woodworking is the skill of making items from wood, and includes cabinetry, furniture making, wood carving, joinery, carpentry, and woodturning.

: work made of wood. especially : interior fittings (such as moldings or stairways) of wood. 2. : a place or state of concealment, seclusion, or anonymity. witnesses came out of the woodwork when a reward was offered.