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Constructive vs Edifying - What's the difference?

constructive | edifying |

As adjectives the difference between constructive and edifying

is that constructive is relating to or causing construction while edifying is that educates, informs, illuminates or instructs.

As a verb edifying is

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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 ----

    edifying

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That educates, informs, illuminates or instructs.
  • That enlightens or uplifts.

    • Verb

    (head)
    • "Do not let any corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good for the use of edifying that it may minister grace unto the hearers." -Ephesians 4:29 (KJV)

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