The difference between Construct and Representation

When used as nouns, construct means something constructed from parts, whereas representation means that which represents something else.

Construct is also verb with the meaning: to build or form (something) by assembling parts.

check bellow for the other definitions of Construct and Representation

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."
Construct as a noun:

A concept or model.

Examples:

"Bohr's theoretical construct of the atom was soon superseded by quantum mechanics."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

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

Construct as a verb (transitive):

To build or form (something) by assembling parts.

Examples:

"We constructed the radio from spares."
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."
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."

Representation as a noun:

That which represents something else.

Examples:

"The [[w:Venus of Willendorf Venus of Willendorf]] was an early representation of the female body."
Representation as a noun:

The act of representing.

Examples:

"We are no longer happy with your representation of our company at trade events."
Representation as a noun (legal):

The lawyers and staff who argue on behalf of another in court.

Examples:

"People who cannot afford representation are eligible for government assistance."
Representation as a noun (politics):

The ability to elect a representative to speak on one's behalf in government; the role of this representative in government.

Examples:

"The lack of representation in the British parliament was one of the main factors behind the American Revolution."
Representation as a noun (mathematics):

An object that describes an abstract group in terms of linear transformations of vector spaces; (more formally) a homomorphism from a group on a vector space to the general linear group (group of all bijective linear transformations) on the space.
Representation as a noun:

A figure, image or idea that substitutes reality.
Representation as a noun:

A theatrical performance.