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Constricted vs Constructed - What's the difference?

constricted | constructed |

As verbs the difference between constricted and constructed

is that constricted is (constrict) while constructed is (construct).

constricted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (constrict)

    • constrict

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To narrow, especially by applying pressure.

    • Derived terms

    * constriction

    Related terms

    * restrict * strict

    See also

    * constrain

    constructed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (construct)

    • Anagrams

    *

    construct

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something constructed from parts.
    • The artwork was a construct of wire and tubes.
    Loops and conditional statements are constructs in computer programming.
  • A concept or model.
    • Bohr's theoretical construct of the atom was soon superseded by quantum mechanics.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, representation

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To build or form (something) by assembling parts.
    • We constructed the radio from spares.
  • Similarly, to build (a sentence, an argument, etc.) by arranging words or ideas.
    • A sentence may be constructed with a subject, verb and object.
  • * (Marita Sturken)
    • 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.
  • (geometry) To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric tools and techniques.
    • Construct a circle that touches each vertex of the given triangle.

    Synonyms

    * (build or form by assembling parts' ): assemble, build, form, make, produce, put together * (build (a sentence or argument) ): form * (draw (a geometric figure) ):

    Antonyms

    * (build or form by assembling parts ): destroy, disassemble, dismantle, ruin, wreck, take apart

    Derived terms

    * reconstruct

    Related terms

    * construction * constructible * constructive * construe

    External links

    * * * (Construct) English heteronyms