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Constructive vs Constructible - What's the difference?

constructive | constructible |

As adjectives the difference between constructive and constructible

is that constructive is relating to or causing construction while constructible is of a land, suitable for constructing a building.

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 ----

    constructible

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of a land, suitable for constructing a building.
  • Of a building or other thing, capable of being constructed.
  • Allowed to construct.
  • (of a regular polygon) That can be constructed in a plane using only a pair of compasses and a straightedge.
  • (of a complex number) That the line segment joining it to the origin can be constructed using only a pair of compasses and a straightedge.
  • Synonyms

    * buildable

    Antonyms

    * (all meanings) inconstructible * (capable of being constructed) destructible