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Conducive vs Constructive - What's the difference?

conducive | constructive |

As adjectives the difference between conducive and constructive

is that conducive is tending to contribute to, encourage, or bring about some result while constructive is relating to or causing construction.

conducive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Tending to contribute to, encourage, or bring about some result.
    • A small, dark kitchen is not conducive to elaborate cooking.

    Antonyms

    * inconducive * unconducive

    See also

    * conduce

    constructive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Relating to or causing construction.
  • Carefully considered and meant to be helpful.
  • (legal) Imputed by law; created to give legal effect to something for equitable reasons, as with constructive notice or a constructive trust.

    • Synonyms

    * (carefully considered and meant to be helpful) productive

    Antonyms

    * (relating to or causing construction) destructive * (carefully considered and meant to be helpful) destructive

    Derived terms

    * constructive criticism * constructive dismissal * constructive eviction * constructive notice * constructive logic * constructive trust * constructively * constructiveness * constructivism * deconstructive * inconstructive * unconstructive ----