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Erection vs Assembling - What's the difference?

erection | assembling |

As nouns the difference between erection and assembling

is that erection is the act of building or putting up or together of something; construction while assembling is a gathering or assembly.

As a verb assembling is

present participle of lang=en.

erection

Noun

  • (uncountable) The act of building]] or putting up or together of something; construction. [[File:Marquee,_Throope_Manor_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1491075.jpg, thumb, Erection of a large tent
  • (countable) Anything erected or built.
  • The Empire State Building was once the world's tallest erection .
  • (uncountable, physiology) The physiological process by which erectile tissue, such as a penis or clitoris, becomes erect by being engorged with blood.
  • * 1997 , Alan Hyde, Bodies of Law , Princeton University Press (1997), ISBN 9781400822317, page 175:
  • I think that the case also demonstrates some singular aspects of the penis as a narrator of tales, specifically the way in which the erection of a penis falls outside a man's conscious control and therefore threatens a carefully constructed master legal narrative in which bodily self-control graphically represents the self-government contemplated by a democratic legal society.
  • * 2006 , Lori Marso, Feminist Thinkers and the Demands of Femininity: The Lives and Work of Intellectual Women , Routledge (2006), ISBN 0415979269, unnumbered pages (quoting Simone Beauvoir):
  • There are men who say they cannot bear to show themselves naked before women unless in a state of erection; and indeed through erection the flesh becomes activity, potency,
  • * 2007 , Edward J. Behrend-Martinez, Unfit for Marriage: Impotent Spouses on Trial in the Basque Region of Spain, 1650-1750 , University of Nevada Press (2007), ISBN 9780874176995, page 14:
  • A marriage was only consummated via erection , penetration, and insemination intra vas .
  • (uncountable, physiology, of a penis or clitoris) The state or quality of being erect from engorgement with blood.
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  • * 2008 , Robert Crooks & Karla Baur, Our Sexuality , Thomson Wadsworth (2008), ISBN 9780495095545, page 163:
  • Older men typically require longer periods of time to achieve erection and reach orgasm.
  • * 2011 , Alan L. Rubin, Diabetes for Dummies , Wiley Publishing, Inc. (2008), ISBN 9780470270868, page 104:
  • A very rare complication is priapism , where the penis maintains its erection for many hours.
  • (countable) A penis or clitoris that is erect.
  • He placed his newspaper on his lap to hide his erection .
  • * 2002 , Marguerite Crump, No B.O.!: The Head-to-Toe Book of Hygiene for Preteens , Free Spirit Publishing (2005), ISBN 9781575427003, page 85:
  • The surge of hormones during puberty means you might have lots of erections , even when you don't want them—like during school.
  • * 2006 , Abha Dawesar, That Summer in Paris , Anchor Books (2007), ISBN 9780307275455, page 259:
  • Prem was sure everyone could see his erection through his pants, everyone but Maya, who he had been careful to keep to his side all the time
  • * 2007 , Ken Follett, World Without End , Dutton (2007), ISBN 9780525950073, page 244:
  • He kissed her again, this time with a long, moist kiss that gave him an erection .

    Synonyms

    * (act of building) building, construction. * (anything erected or built) building, construction. * (state of a penis being erect) see also . * (an erect penis) see also .

    Anagrams

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    assembling

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • :She worked all night assembling the bicycle, but she succeeded.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A gathering or assembly.
  • * 1824 , Thomas Stackhouse, An epitome of the history, laws, and religion of Greece (page 281)
  • This may perhaps be carried back to a more remote period than that in which the Persians invaded Greece, and may be traced to the annual assemblings of the people to sacrifice, at the graves of their departed friends

    Synonyms

    * assemblage