The difference between Construct and Destroy

When used as verbs, construct means to build or form (something) by assembling parts, whereas destroy means to damage beyond use or repair.

Construct is also noun with the meaning: something constructed from parts.

check bellow for the other definitions of Construct and Destroy

  1. 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."

  2. Construct as a noun:

    A concept or model.

    Examples:

    "Bohr's theoretical construct of the atom was soon superseded by quantum mechanics."

  3. Construct as a noun:

    (genetics) A segment of nucleic acid, created artificially, for transplantation into a target cell or tissue.

  1. Construct as a verb (transitive):

    To build or form (something) by assembling parts.

    Examples:

    "We constructed the radio from spares."

  2. 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."

  3. 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."

  1. Destroy as a verb (transitive):

    To damage beyond use or repair.

    Examples:

    "The earthquake destroyed several apartment complexes."

  2. Destroy as a verb (intransitive):

    To cause destruction.

    Examples:

    "Hooligans destroy unprovoked."

  3. Destroy as a verb (transitive):

    To neutralize, undo a property or condition.

    Examples:

    "Smoking destroys the natural subtlety of the palate."

  4. Destroy as a verb (transitive):

    To put down or euthanize.

    Examples:

    "'Destroying a rabid dog is required by law."

  5. Destroy as a verb (transitive):

    To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin.

    Examples:

    "Her divorce destroyed her; she had a nervous breakdown and was severely depressed for more than a year."

  6. Destroy as a verb (colloquial, transitive):

    To defeat soundly.

  7. Destroy as a verb (computing, transitive):

    To remove data.

    Examples:

    "The memory leak happened because we forgot to destroy the temporary lists."

  8. Destroy as a verb (US, colloquial, slang):

    To sing a song poorly.

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