The difference between Construct and Knock up

When used as verbs, construct means to build or form (something) by assembling parts, whereas knock up means to put together, fabricate, or assemble, particularly if done hastily or temporarily. see also .

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

check bellow for the other definitions of Construct and Knock up

  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    "Bohr's theoretical construct of the atom was soon superseded by quantum mechanics."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. Knock up as a verb (colloquial):

    To put together, fabricate, or assemble, particularly if done hastily or temporarily. See also .

    Examples:

    "I'll just knock up a quick demo for the sales presentation."

  2. Knock up as a verb (British):

    To awaken (someone) as by knocking at the door; rouse; call; summon; also, to go door-to-door on election day to persuade a candidate's supporters to go to the polling station and vote. See also .

  3. Knock up as a verb (dated):

    To exhaust; wear out; tire out; to fatigue until unable to do more.

  4. Knock up as a verb (dated, intransitive):

    To become exhausted or worn out; to fail of strength; to become wearied, as with labor; to give out.

  5. Knock up as a verb (slang):

    To impregnate, especially out of wedlock. See knocked up.

    Examples:

    "I guess his summer plans are shot now that he knocked his girlfriend up."

  6. Knock up as a verb (racket sports, intransitive):

    To gently hit the ball back and forth before a tennis match, as practice or warm-up, and to gauge the state of the playing surface, lighting, etc. See knock-up.

  7. Knock up as a verb (bookbinding):

    To make even at the edges, or to shape into book form.

    Examples:

    "to knock up printed sheets"

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