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Venue vs Building - What's the difference?

venue | building |

As nouns the difference between venue and building

is that venue is a place, especially the one where a given event is to happen while building is (uncountable) the act or process of building.

As a verb building is

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venue

English

(wikipedia venue)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A place, especially the one where a given event is to happen.
  • (legal) A neighborhood or near place; the place or county in which anything is alleged to have happened; also, the place where an action is laid.
  • * The twelve men who are to try the cause must be of the same venue where the demand is made. --.
  • (obsolete) A bout; a hit; a turn. See venew.
  • (sports) Sport venue: a stadium or similar building in which a sporting competition is held.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=November 10 , author=Jeremy Wilson , title= England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report , work=Telegraph citation , page= , passage=With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets.}}

    Usage notes

    In certain cases, the court has power to change the venue, which is to direct the trial to be had in a different county from that where the venue is laid.

    Synonyms

    See come, and confer venew, veney.

    Hyponyms

    * stadium * arena

    Related terms

    * lay a venue * bienvenue ----

    building

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (uncountable) The act or process of building.
  • A closed structure with walls and a roof.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author= Mark Tran
    • , volume=189, issue=6, page=1, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Denied an education by war , passage=One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools
    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)