Constitute vs Built - What's the difference?
constitute | built |
To cause to stand; to establish; to enact.
* Jeremy Taylor
To make up; to compose; to form.
* Johnson
To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower.
* William Wordsworth
(informal) well-built
(build)
(obsolete) Shape; build; form of structure.
* 1764 , , Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense :
In obsolete terms the difference between constitute and built
is that constitute is an established law while built is shape; build; form of structure.As an adjective built is
well-built.constitute
English
(Webster 1913)Verb
(constitut)- Laws appointed and constituted by lawful authority.
- Truth and reason constitute that intellectual gold that defies destruction.
- Me didst Thou constitute a priest of thine.
Synonyms
* establish, enact * make up, compose, formExternal links
* * ----built
English
Adjective
(-)Derived terms
* built like a brick shithouse * built like a tank * well-builtVerb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- the built of a ship
- The sailor sees the burthen, the built , and the distance of a ship at sea, while she is a great way off.