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What is the difference between bodybuilding and building?

bodybuilding | building | Derived terms |

Bodybuilding is a derived term of building.


As a noun building is

(uncountable) the act or process of building.

As a verb building is

(build).

bodybuilding

English

(wikipedia bodybuilding)

Alternative forms

* body-building

Noun

(-)
  • A sport in which the aesthetics of muscular development is the basis for competition.
  • * 1974 , Charles Gaines & George Butler, Pumping Iron: The Art and Sport of Bodybuilding , page 7.
    • Like those activities, bodybuilding is an obsession, a living (for a few), and a way of life for the people involved in it—a subculture, in a word, with its own values, aesthetics and vocabulary.
  • (dated) Work done to construct or repair the body of an automobile.
  • * 2006 — (interview), Iron Man 65(5): 258
    • "In my day, if you filled out your shirt, people assumed you played football or wrestled. The term bodybuilding had more to do with cars than lifting weights."

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "bodybuilding")

    Related terms

    * bodybuilder

    building

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (uncountable) The act or process of building.
  • A closed structure with walls and a roof.
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    Synonyms
    * (act or process of building) construction * (closed structure with walls and a roof) edifice * See also
    Derived terms
    * apartment building * * building blocks * building permit * building society * building trade * office building * outbuilding * shipbuilding * bodybuilding * main building

    See also

    * (wikipedia)

    Etymology 2

    See (build)

    Verb

    (head)