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Construction vs Theatre - What's the difference?

construction | theatre |

As nouns the difference between construction and theatre

is that construction is the process of constructing while theatre is (australia|canada|nz|uk).

construction

English

* ("construction" on Wikipedia) *

Noun

(en noun)
  • The process of constructing.
    • Construction is underway on the new bridge.
  • Anything that has been constructed.
    • The engineer marvelled at his construction .
  • The trade of building structures.
    • He had worked in construction all his life.
  • A building, model or some other structure.
    • The office was a construction of steel and glass.
  • (arts) A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.
    • "Construction in string and clockwork" took first prize.
  • The manner in which something is built.
    • A thing of simple construction .
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
    • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=4 citation , passage=Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins like a veteran army that had marched down to drink, only to be stricken motionless at the water’s edge.}}
  • (grammar) A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.
  • The act or result of construing the meaning of something.
    • American conservatives tend to favor strict construction of the Constitution.
  • The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker.
  • * 1992 , Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety , Harper Perennial 2007, p. 95:
    • He had considered sending Lucille away to stay with relations. But then people might have put the worst construction on it – might believe she had done something she shouldn't have.
  • (geometry) A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.

    • Synonyms

    * building

    Antonyms

    * destruction

    Derived terms

    * constructionism * constructionist * construction paper * construction site * construction soldier * construction unit * deconstruction * metaconstruction * misconstruction * reconstruction * under construction

    Related terms

    * construct * constructionless * constructive

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    theatre

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Australia, Canada, NZ, UK)
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
    • , chapter=2 citation , passage=Mother
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=May 13, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport
    • , title= Man City 3-2 QPR , passage=City's players and supporters travelled from one end of the emotional scale to the other in those vital seconds, providing a truly remarkable piece of football theatre and the most dramatic conclusion to a season in Premier League history.}}
  • (US)

    • Usage notes

    * The spelling being rare. * The spelling theater is the predominant American spelling; it accounts for about 80% of usage in COCA (the major corpus of American English). People who work in the theatre industry in America, however, usually use the spelling "theatre". The spelling is also used often in advertising.

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