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Estate vs Build - What's the difference?

estate | build |

As nouns the difference between estate and build

is that estate is state; condition while build is (physique) The physique of a human body; constitution or structure of a human body.

As a verb build is

to form (something) by combining materials or parts.

estate

English

(wikipedia estate)

Noun

(en noun)
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:when I came to man's estate
  • *(Bible), (w) xii. 16
  • *:Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate .
  • (label) Status, rank.
  • *(Jeremy Taylor) (1613–1677)
  • *:God hath imprinted his authority in several parts, upon several estates of men.
  • (label) The condition of one's fortunes; prosperity, possessions.
  • (label) A "person of estate"; a nobleman or noblewoman.
  • *:
  • *:And anone came oute of a chamber to hym the fayrest lady that euer he sawe & more rycher bysene than euer he sawe Quene Gueneuer or ony other estat Lo sayd they syre Bors here is the lady vnto whome we owe alle oure seruyse / and I trowe she be the rychest lady and the fayrest of alle the world
  • *(Bible), (w) vi. 21
  • *:Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee.
  • *(w) (1775-1864)
  • *:She's a duchess, a great estate .
  • (label) A major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country and formerly possessing distinct political rights ((Estates of the realm)).
  • *1992 , (Hilary Mantel), (A Place of Greater Safety) , Harper Perennial 2007, p.115:
  • *:I am afraid that some of the nobles who are campaigning for it simply want to use the Estates to cut down the King's power and increase their own.
  • *2011 , (Norman Davies), Vanished Kingdoms , Penguin 2012, p.202:
  • *:The three estates of feudal lords, clergy and royal officers met in separate chambers, and exercised an advisory role.
  • (label) The nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land.
  • An (especially extensive) area of land, under a single ownership.
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  • The collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person.
  • (label) A housing estate.
  • (label) The state; the general body politic; the common-wealth; the general interest; state affairs.
  • *(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
  • *:I call matters of estate not only the parts of sovereignty, but whatsoeverconcerneth manifestly any great portion of people.
  • Synonyms

    * (estate car) estate car, station sedan, station wagon, wagon

    Derived terms

    * concurrent estate * council estate * estate agent * estate for life * estate in land * estate sale * estate tax * fourth estate * housing estate * industrial estate * leasehold estate * life estate * overspill estate * real estate * residuary estate * sink estate * third estate * trading estate

    See also

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    Anagrams

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    build

    English

    Verb

  • (lb) To form (something) by combining materials or parts.
  • *
  • *:Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.
  • *
  • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=A chap named Eleazir Kendrick and I had chummed in together the summer afore and built a fish-weir and shanty at Setuckit Point, down Orham way. For a spell we done pretty well.}}
  • To develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)
  • , volume=189, issue=2, page=27, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= The tao of tech , passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you
  • (lb) To increase or strengthen (something) by adding gradually to.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= The attack of the MOOCs , passage=Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.}}
  • (lb) To establish a basis for (something).
  • (lb) To form by combining materials or parts.
  • (lb) To develop in magnitude or extent.
  • Usage notes

    * The simple past tense and past participle used to be builded; however, that form is now archaic, having been superseded by the form .

    Synonyms

    * (to form by combining materials or parts) construct, erect * (to develop or give form to according to a plan or process) create * (to increase or strengthen by adding gradually to) build up, enlarge, increase, strengthen * (to establish a basis for) base, found, ground

    Antonyms

    * (to form by combining materials or parts) demolish, destroy, ruin, wreck * (to increase or strengthen by adding gradually to) decrease, dissipate, weaken

    Derived terms

    * build a fire under * build castles in the air * build in * build into * build on * build on sand * build-to * build up * build upon * prebuild

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (senseid) The physique of a human body; constitution or structure of a human body.
  • Rugby players are of sturdy build .
  • (computing) any of various versions of a software product as it is being developed for release to users
  • The computer company has introduced a new prototype build to beta testers.
  • (Internet slang) a structure, nominally an abbreviation of building (see usage notes below).
  • I made a build that looked like the Parthenon in that game.

    Usage notes

    * As internet slang, although the word is nominally an abbreviation of "building", the slang term can refer to any structure or formation created by the player e.g. a statue, a pool, or even a forest.