different between construction vs finisher

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French construction, from Latin c?nstructi?, from c?nstruere, present active infinitive of c?nstru?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?st??k??n/
• Rhymes: -?k??n

Noun

construction (countable and uncountable, plural constructions)

1. The process of constructing.

   Construction is underway on the new bridge.

2. Anything that has been constructed.

   The engineer marvelled at his construction.

3. The trade of building structures.

   He had worked in construction all his life.

4. A building, model or some other structure.

   The office was a construction of steel and glass.

5. (art) A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.

   "Construction in string and clockwork" took first prize.

6. The manner in which something is built.

   A thing of simple construction.
7. (grammar) A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.
8. The act or result of construing the meaning of something.

   American conservatives tend to favor strict construction of the Constitution.

9. The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker.
   • 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p. 95:

     He had considered sending Lucille away to stay with relations. But then people might have put the worst construction on it – might believe she had done something she shouldn't have.

10. (geometry) A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.

Synonyms

• building

Antonyms

• destruction

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Further reading

• construction in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• construction in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• construction at OneLook Dictionary Search

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin c?nstructi?, c?nstructi?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??s.t?yk.sj??/

Noun

construction f (plural constructions)

1. construction

Derived terms

• matériau de construction

Related terms

• construire

English

Etymology

From finish +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f?n???/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f?n???/

Noun

finisher (plural finishers)

1. A person who finishes or completes something.
   • c. 1602, William Shakespeare, All’s Well That Ends Well, Act II, Scene 1,^[1]

     He that of greatest works is finisher

     Oft does them by the weakest minister […]

   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Hebrews 12:1-2,^[2]

     […] let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith […]

   The early finishers waited for the other runners to reach the finish line.

2. A person who applies a finish to something, such as furniture.
3. The person who applies the gilding and decoration in bookbinding.
4. A construction machine used to smooth a newly constructed road surface.
5. (boxing) The blow that ends a fight; the knock-out blow.
   • 1934, Robert E. Howard, “General Ironfist” in Jack Dempsey's Fight Magazine, June 1934,^[4]

     A thundering right to the head bent him back over the ropes, and then, just as I was setting myself for the finisher, I felt somebody jerking my pants leg […]

6. (video games, informal) A finishing move.
   • 2002, Ben Cureton, Paul Edwards, Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance(tm) Official Strategy Guide

     Shadow Kick (OO+O) is best used as a punishing move and a combo finisher.

7. (soccer) A player who shoots goals.
   • 2013, Alistair Magowan, "Arsenal 3-1 Stoke", BBC Sport, 22 September 2013:

     After suffering a broken leg in a challenge from Stoke's Ryan Shawcross in 2010, the goal allowed Ramsey to put a positive slant on this fixture and show how he is evolving into a composed finisher.

8. (rugby) A substitute player who plays at the end of the game.

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• refinish