The difference between Construct and Take apart

When used as verbs, construct means to build or form (something) by assembling parts, whereas take apart means to dismantle something into its component pieces.

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

check bellow for the other definitions of Construct and Take apart

  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    "Bohr's theoretical construct of the atom was soon superseded by quantum mechanics."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. Take apart as a verb:

    To dismantle something into its component pieces. To move someone away from others to be able to talk to, or give them something in private.

    Examples:

    "I carefully took the clock mechanism apart to clean it."

  2. Take apart as a verb (informal):

    To soundly defeat someone, or a team.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: tear apart"

  3. Take apart as a verb:

    to criticise someone

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