Aspect vs Build - What's the difference?

Aspect is a related term of build.

As nouns the difference between aspect and build

is that aspect is the way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective while build is (senseid) the physique of a human body; constitution or structure of a human body.

As a verb build is

(lb) to form (something) by combining materials or parts.

aspect

English

(wikipedia aspect)

Noun

(en noun)

The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective.

The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view.

A phase or a partial, but significant view or description of something

One's appearance or expression.

* (and other bibliographic particulars) (John Dryden)

serious in aspect

* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)

, chapter=4, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect .}}

* 2009 , (Hilary Mantel), (Wolf Hall) , Fourth Estate 2010, p. 145:

It is Stephen Gardiner, black and scowling, his aspect in no way improved by his trip to Rome.

Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass.

Prospect; outlook.

* (and other bibliographic particulars) (John Evelyn)

This town affords a good aspect toward the hill from whence we descended.

(grammar) A grammatical quality of a verb which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal temporal flow of the event the verb describes, or whether the speaker views the event from outside as a whole, or from within as it is unfolding.

(astrology) The relative position of heavenly bodies as they appear to an observer on earth; the angular relationship between points in a horoscope.

(Milton)

(obsolete) The act of looking at something; gaze.

* (and other bibliographic particulars) Sir (Francis Bacon)

The basilisk killeth by aspect .

* (and other bibliographic particulars) Sir (Walter Scott)

His aspect was bent on the ground.

(obsolete) Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.

* (and other bibliographic particulars) (Thomas Burnet)

the true aspect of a world lying in its rubbish

* (and other bibliographic particulars)

the aspect of affairs

(computing, programming) In aspect-oriented programming, a feature or component that can be applied to parts of a program independent of any inheritance hierarchy.

Synonyms

* (visual expression) blee, appearance, look

Hyponyms

(Grammatical aspect) * (grammar) aorist aspect, iterative aspect, perfective aspect, imperfective aspect, semelfactive aspect, progressive aspect, perfect aspect

Derived terms

* aspect ratio * aspectual

build

English

Verb

(lb) To form (something) by combining materials or parts.

*:Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=A chap named Eleazir Kendrick and I had chummed in together the summer afore and built a fish-weir and shanty at Setuckit Point, down Orham way. For a spell we done pretty well.}}

To develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process.

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)

, volume=189, issue=2, page=27, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= The tao of tech , passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you

(lb) To increase or strengthen (something) by adding gradually to.

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= The attack of the MOOCs , passage=Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.}}

(lb) To establish a basis for (something).

(lb) To form by combining materials or parts.

(lb) To develop in magnitude or extent.

Usage notes

* The simple past tense and past participle used to be builded; however, that form is now archaic, having been superseded by the form .

Synonyms

* (to form by combining materials or parts) construct, erect * (to develop or give form to according to a plan or process) create * (to increase or strengthen by adding gradually to) build up, enlarge, increase, strengthen * (to establish a basis for) base, found, ground

Antonyms

* (to form by combining materials or parts) demolish, destroy, ruin, wreck * (to increase or strengthen by adding gradually to) decrease, dissipate, weaken

Derived terms

* build a fire under * build castles in the air * build in * build into * build on * build on sand * build-to * build up * build upon * prebuild

Noun

(en noun)

(senseid) The physique of a human body; constitution or structure of a human body.

Rugby players are of sturdy build .

(computing) any of various versions of a software product as it is being developed for release to users

The computer company has introduced a new prototype build to beta testers.

(Internet slang) a structure, nominally an abbreviation of building (see usage notes below).

I made a build that looked like the Parthenon in that game.

Usage notes

* As internet slang, although the word is nominally an abbreviation of "building", the slang term can refer to any structure or formation created by the player e.g. a statue, a pool, or even a forest.