Configure vs Construct - What's the difference?
configure | construct |
To set up or arrange something in such a way that it is ready for operation for a particular purpose, or to someone's particular liking
Something constructed from parts.
A concept or model.
To build or form (something) by assembling parts.
Similarly, to build (a sentence, an argument, etc.) by arranging words or ideas.
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(geometry) To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric tools and techniques.
In transitive terms the difference between configure and construct
is that configure is to set up or arrange something in such a way that it is ready for operation for a particular purpose, or to someone's particular liking while construct is similarly, to build (a sentence, an argument, etc.) by arranging words or ideas.As a noun construct is
something constructed from parts.configure
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Verb
(configur)Derived terms
* configurableconstruct
English
Noun
(en noun)- The artwork was a construct of wire and tubes.
- Loops and conditional statements are constructs in computer programming.
- Bohr's theoretical construct of the atom was soon superseded by quantum mechanics.
Synonyms
* (something constructed from parts ): construction * (concept, model ): concept, idea, model, notion, representationVerb
(en verb)- We constructed the radio from spares.
- A sentence may be constructed with a subject, verb and object.
- The Vietnam War films are forms of memory that function to provide collective rememberings, to construct history, and to subsume within them the experience of the veterans.
- Construct a circle that touches each vertex of the given triangle.