The difference between Construct and Ruin

When used as nouns, construct means something constructed from parts, whereas ruin means the remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.

When used as verbs, construct means to build or form (something) by assembling parts, whereas ruin means to cause the fiscal ruin of.

check bellow for the other definitions of Construct and Ruin

  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    "Bohr's theoretical construct of the atom was soon superseded by quantum mechanics."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. Ruin as a noun (countable, sometimes, in the plural):

    The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.

  2. Ruin as a noun (uncountable):

    The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed.

    Examples:

    "The monastery has fallen into ruin."

  3. Ruin as a noun (uncountable):

    Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.

    Examples:

    "Gambling has been the ruin of many."

  4. Ruin as a noun (obsolete):

    A fall or tumble.

  5. Ruin as a noun:

    A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow.

    Examples:

    "the ruin of a ship or an army;  nowrap the ruin of a constitution or a government;  nowrap the ruin of health or hopes"

  6. Ruin as a noun (uncountable):

    Complete financial loss; bankruptcy.

  1. Ruin as a verb (transitive):

    to cause the fiscal ruin of.

    Examples:

    "With all these purchases, you surely mean to ruin us!"

  2. Ruin as a verb:

    To destroy or make something no longer usable.

    Examples:

    "He ruined his new white slacks by accidentally spilling oil on them."

  3. Ruin as a verb:

    To cause severe financial loss to; to bankrupt or drive out of business.

    Examples:

    "The crooked stockbroker's fraudulent scheme ruined dozens of victims; some investors lost their life savings and even their houses."

  4. Ruin as a verb:

    To upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to put into disarray; to spoil.

    Examples:

    "My car breaking down just as I was on the road ruined my vacation."

  5. Ruin as a verb:

    To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil.

  6. Ruin as a verb (obsolete):

    To fall into a state of destruction.

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