The difference between Construct and Model

When used as nouns, construct means something constructed from parts, whereas model means a person who serves as a subject for artwork or fashion, usually in the medium of photography but also for painting or drawing.

When used as verbs, construct means to build or form (something) by assembling parts, whereas model means to display for others to see, especially in regard to wearing clothing while performing the role of a fashion model.

Model is also adjective with the meaning: worthy of being a model.

check bellow for the other definitions of Construct and Model

  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    "Bohr's theoretical construct of the atom was soon superseded by quantum mechanics."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. Model as a noun:

    A person who serves as a subject for artwork or fashion, usually in the medium of photography but also for painting or drawing.

    Examples:

    "The beautiful model had her face on the cover of almost every fashion magazine imaginable."

  2. Model as a noun:

    A person, usually an attractive female, hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items given away as prizes on a TV game show.

  3. Model as a noun:

    A representation of a physical object, usually in miniature.

    Examples:

    "The boy played with a model of a World War II fighter plane."

  4. Model as a noun:

    A simplified representation used to explain the workings of a real world system or event.

    Examples:

    "The computer weather model did not correctly predict the path of the hurricane."

  5. Model as a noun:

    A style, type, or design.

    Examples:

    "He decided to buy the turbo engine model of the sports car."

    "This year's model features four doors instead of two."

  6. Model as a noun:

    The structural design of a complex system.

    Examples:

    "The team developed a sound business model."

  7. Model as a noun:

    A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications.

    Examples:

    "He was a model of eloquence and virtue."

    "British parliamentary democracy was seen as a model for other countries to follow."

  8. Model as a noun (logic):

    An interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition.

  9. Model as a noun (logic):

    An interpretation which makes a certain sentence true, in which case that interpretation is called a model of that sentence.

  10. Model as a noun (manufacturing):

    An identifier of a product given by its manufacturer (also called model number).

  11. Model as a noun (medicine):

    An animal that is used to study a human disease or pathology.

  12. Model as a noun:

    Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.

  13. Model as a noun (software architecture):

    In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that manage the data.

  1. Model as an adjective:

    Worthy of being a model; exemplary.

  1. Model as a verb (transitive):

    To display for others to see, especially in regard to wearing clothing while performing the role of a fashion model.

    Examples:

    "She modelled the shoes for her friends to see."

  2. Model as a verb (transitive):

    To use as an object in the creation of a forecast or model.

    Examples:

    "They modelled the data with a computer to analyze the experiment’s results."

  3. Model as a verb (transitive):

    To make a miniature model of.

    Examples:

    "He takes great pride in his skill at modeling airplanes."

  4. Model as a verb (transitive):

    To create from a substance such as clay.

    Examples:

    "The sculptor modelled the clay into the form of a dolphin."

  5. Model as a verb (intransitive):

    To make a model or models.

  6. Model as a verb (intransitive):

    To be a model of any kind.

    Examples:

    "The actress used to model before being discovered by Hollywood."

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