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What would be the difference between **発行【はっこう】する** and **作成【さくせい】する** when
talking about documents? I will use both of them in the next sentence, could
you please tell me if there is any difference?

> 不良品【ふりょうひん】の返品伝票【へんぴんでんぴょう】を **作成【さくせい】する** 。
>
> 不良品の返品伝票を **発行【はっこう】する** 。

Great thanks is advance!
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What is the difference between 発行する and 作成する when talking about documents?
From jisho.org

[発行{はっこう}する](http://jisho.org/search/%E7%99%BA%E8%A1%8C%E3%81%99%E3%82%8B)- To
publish(a newspaper,magazine, general public consumption material) which is
expected to be consumed(read) by a large number of people.

[作成{さくせい}する](http://jisho.org/search/%E4%BD%9C%E6%88%90%E3%81%99%E3%82%8B)- To
write/draw up a _legal_ document. Meant for a specific(small) group of people
and serving a very specific purpose(defining the scope/boundary/will of
event/s or person/s)

Hope this helps.
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Compare these two definitions:

> 計画や書類、また文章などを **作る** こと。  
>  — [さくせい【作成】の意味 -
> goo国語辞書](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/86983/meaning/m0u/%E4%BD%9C%E6%88%90/
> "さくせい【作成】の意味 - goo国語辞書")
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> 紙幣・債券・証明書・定期券・入場券などを **作って、通用させる** こと。  
>  — [はっこう【発行】の意味 -
> goo国語辞書](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/177409/meaning/m0u/ "はっこう【発行】の意味 -
> goo国語辞書")

発行 is more explicit in saying that the document is not just _created_ but also
_made effective_ , often in an official or somewhat irrevocable way.

In actual use, 作成 can **imply** that the document was also made effective, but
you can't be sure without additional context.

In terms of 伝票, a simple distinction would be:

  1. 返品伝票を **作成** する = _create_ a return slip
  2. 返品伝票を **発行** する = _issue_ a return slip

For example, I can imagine an app where you click the 作成 button to create a
new slip, and when you're done filling it out, click the 発行 button to
print/send it. (But of course, since 発行 includes the notion of 作成, there could
also be an app where a single 発行 button both creates and prints the new slip.)
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発行 = to issue, to circulate ( usually in large quantities) 作成 = to create, to
compose

小説を作成して 発行をします。 After writing the novel, I will publish it
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