The difference between Concept and Construct
When used as nouns, concept means abstract and general idea, whereas construct means something constructed from parts.
Construct is also verb with the meaning: to build or form (something) by assembling parts.
check bellow for the other definitions of Concept and Construct
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Concept as a noun:
abstract and general idea; an abstraction
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Concept as a noun:
understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and/or imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept).
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Concept as a noun (programming):
In generic programming, a description of supported operations on a type, including their syntax and semantics.
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Construct as a noun:
Something constructed from parts.
Examples:
"The artwork was a construct of wire and tubes."
"Loops and conditional statements are constructs in computer programming."
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Construct as a noun:
A concept or model.
Examples:
"Bohr's theoretical construct of the atom was soon superseded by quantum mechanics."
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Construct as a noun:
(genetics) A segment of nucleic acid, created artificially, for transplantation into a target cell or tissue.
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Construct as a verb (transitive):
To build or form (something) by assembling parts.
Examples:
"We constructed the radio from spares."
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Construct as a verb (transitive):
To build (a sentence, an argument, etc.) by arranging words or ideas.
Examples:
"A sentence may be constructed with a subject, verb and object."
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Construct as a verb (transitive, geometry):
To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric tools and techniques.
Examples:
"Construct a circle that touches each vertex of the given triangle."
Compare words:
Compare with synonyms and related words:
- construct vs construction
- concept vs construct
- construct vs idea
- construct vs model
- construct vs notion
- construct vs representation
- assemble vs construct
- build vs construct
- construct vs form
- construct vs make
- construct vs produce
- construct vs put together
- construct vs destroy
- construct vs disassemble
- construct vs dismantle
- construct vs ruin
- construct vs wreck
- construct vs take apart
- construct vs form