different between constructive vs anabolism

English

Etymology

From Middle French constructif.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?st??kt?v/

Adjective

constructive (comparative more constructive, superlative most constructive)

1. Relating to or causing construction.
2. Carefully considered and meant to be helpful.
3. (law) Imputed by law; created to give legal effect to something for equitable reasons, as with constructive notice or a constructive trust.
4. Not direct or expressed, but inferred.

Synonyms

• (carefully considered and meant to be helpful): productive

Antonyms

• (relating to or causing construction): destructive
• (carefully considered and meant to be helpful): destructive

Derived terms

Translations

French

Adjective

constructive

1. feminine singular of constructif

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???- (ana-, “up”) + ????? (báll?, “I throw”) + -ism. Formed in analogy with metabolism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.?næ.b?.?l?.z?m/

Noun

anabolism (usually uncountable, plural anabolisms)

1. The constructive metabolism of the body, as distinguished from catabolism.
   • 2008, Carlon M. Colker, Extreme Muscle Enhancement, 3rd edition, page 13-14.

     We used to think bodybuilding was all about anabolism by way of turning on testosterone and growth hormone secretion.

Related terms

• anabolic
• anabolize

Translations

References

• anabolism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Romanian

Etymology

From French anabolisme

Noun

anabolism n (uncountable)

1. anabolism

Declension