Construction vs Working - What's the difference?
construction | working |
The process of constructing.
Anything that has been constructed.
The trade of building structures.
A building, model or some other structure.
(arts) A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.
The manner in which something is built.
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, chapter=4 (grammar) A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.
The act or result of construing the meaning of something.
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:
(geometry) A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.
(usually plural) Operation; action.
Method of operation.
Fermentation.
(of bodies of water) Becoming full of a vegetable substance.
That is or are functioning.
That suffices but requires additional work.
In paid employment.
Of or relating to employment.
Enough to allow one to use something.
As nouns the difference between construction and working
is that construction is the process of constructing while working is (usually plural) operation; action.As a verb working is
.As an adjective working is
that is or are functioning.construction
English
* ("construction" on Wikipedia) *Noun
(en noun)- Construction is underway on the new bridge.
- The engineer marvelled at his construction .
- He had worked in construction all his life.
- The office was a construction of steel and glass.
- "Construction in string and clockwork" took first prize.
- A thing of simple construction .
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- American conservatives tend to favor strict construction of the Constitution.
- 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.
Synonyms
* buildingAntonyms
* destructionDerived terms
* constructionism * constructionist * construction paper * construction site * construction soldier * construction unit * deconstruction * metaconstruction * misconstruction * reconstruction * under constructionExternal links
* * *working
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) werking, werkynge, warkynge, worchinge, from (etyl) . Cognate with (etyl) wirking, warking, (etyl) werking, (etyl) Wirkung.Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From .Verb
(head)- Leave him alone; he's working .
Adjective
(-)- a working ventilator
- a working copy of the script
- working mothers
- the working week
- a working knowledge of computers