What is the difference between Carpentry and joinery ?

 

A carpenter is the craft person who is tasked with handling and attaching materials to the building structure. The framing, installing the doors and trim, floors and wall coverings etc.

 

A joiner builds or crafts the wooden materials that the carpenters install. Build windows, make trim moldings, build cabinets and door bucks etc

Carpentry entails idea of project,designing,manufacturing and markerting.Joinery entails much less that is no markerting and research involved just manufacturing.