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I'd say that both LR & PS are built for photos ... although LR may have been built more specifically to the WORKFLOW needs of photographers, where PS did not accommodate certain workflow areas as well as photographers wanted.
One (Lightroom) is designed to handle the lion's share are routine adjustments, DAM and has plenty of creative capability that will satisfy all but the most granular needs. The other (PS) has the ability to rip the whole thing apart (channel separation, RGB / CMYK / LAB, etc.) to shreds as needed for any manner of editing.
Which industry (graphics vs. photographer) uses which tool really doesn't change the tool. As best I know (as has been pointed out by others), they (ACR / LR) operate based on the same (core) engine, just a different interface and attached to differing tool sets.
The short "stereoptypical" application is volume / efficiency / streamlining = better suited for LR, "one-off", detailed application selectivity, granular, uber-creative / fantasy = better suited for PS. Can you flip the usage around and use one for the other, sure ... to a degree. But, they are both suitable for photography use ... just from a different perspective of detail / granularity / efficiency. They also function a bit differently in the sequence of applied edits, but that's probably trivial for many.
Personally, I don't do much of the uber-creative / fantasy with PS (as noted in the "fashion industry" stuff). I prefer PS for the more detailed neutral correction capabilities it affords over LR ... notably color balance layers, channel mask creation, etc.
LR & Photoshop are kinda like owning an SUV to run around town all day long, doing a whole host of things that fit your everyday needs ... and owning a dually with a dump bed for those large landscaping jobs, or a semi for putting together a large load of pallets, etc. Both can haul things around, with one (LR) tending to 80-90% of the routine tasks, and the other (PS) tackling the really heavy lifting in ways that LR was never intended to handle.
One is more nimble, the other a bit more cumbersome to handle, but like most things ... the more you use it, the more proficient you become with developing a mastery of utilization. For many folks, once they've developed a suitable mastery of one ... the other seems very inappropriate for their use. Those who have developed a mastery of each, are likely to appreciate it each for what they are (and are not).
Imo, BOTH are built for photographers ... even if others (graphic designers, etc.) use PS more than LR. Just a matter of having two different tools. Not unlike having a circular saw that can rip through most construction tasks, vs. having a dovetail saw or a razor sharp chisel that grants a different level of precision.
BTW ... good to know that CC is correlated to CS6 Extended.
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