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Building vs Laboratory - What's the difference?

building | laboratory |

As nouns the difference between building and laboratory

is that building is (uncountable) the act or process of building while laboratory is a room, building or institution equipped for scientific research, experimentation or analysis.

As a verb building

is .

building

English

Etymology 1

(etyl)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (uncountable) The act or process of building.
  • A closed structure with walls and a roof.
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    Synonyms
    * (act or process of building) construction * (closed structure with walls and a roof) edifice * See also
    Derived terms
    * apartment building * * building blocks * building permit * building society * building trade * office building * outbuilding * shipbuilding * bodybuilding * main building

    See also

    * (wikipedia)

    Etymology 2

    See (build)

    Verb

    (head)

    • laboratory

    English

    Alternative forms

    * labouratory

    Noun

    (laboratories)
  • A room, building or institution equipped for scientific research, experimentation or analysis.
  • A place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-21, volume=411, issue=8892, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Magician’s brain , passage=[Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory . He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes.}}

    See also

    * ("laboratory" on Wikipedia)