different between mould vs construct

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /mo?ld/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /m??ld/
• Rhymes: -??ld

Etymology 1

Via Middle English molde, moulde and Old French molde, from Latin modulus.

Noun

mould (countable and uncountable, plural moulds)

1. (British spelling, Canadian spelling, Australian spelling) Alternative spelling of mold (“hollow form or matrix”)

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Verb

mould (third-person singular simple present moulds, present participle moulding, simple past and past participle moulded)

1. (British spelling, Canadian spelling, Australian spelling) Alternative spelling of mold (“to shape in a mould”)

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Etymology 2

From Middle English mowlde, noun use and alteration of mowled, past participle of moulen, mawlen (“to grow moldy”), from Old Norse mygla (compare dialectal Danish mugle), from Proto-Germanic *mugl?n?, diminutive and denominative of *mukiz (“soft substance”) (compare Old Norse myki, mykr (“cow dung”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mewk- (“slick, soft”). More at muck and meek.

Noun

mould (countable and uncountable, plural moulds)

1. (British spelling, Canadian spelling, Australian spelling) Alternative spelling of mold (“growth of tiny fungi”)

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Verb

mould (third-person singular simple present moulds, present participle moulding, simple past and past participle moulded)

1. (British spelling, Canadian spelling, Australian spelling) Alternative spelling of mold (“to cause to become mouldy”)

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Etymology 3

From Old English molde. Cognate with Old High German molta, Old Norse mold and Gothic ???????????????????? (mulda).

Noun

mould (plural moulds)

1. loose soil, esp when rich in organic matter
2. (poetic) the earth

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin constructus, from construo (“I heap together, build, make, construct, connect grammatically”), from com- (“together”) + struo (“I heap up, pile”). Doublet of construe.

Pronunciation

Noun

• (UK) enPR: k?n'str?kt, IPA^(key): /?k?n.st??kt/
• (US) enPR: kän'str?kt, IPA^(key): /?k?n.st??kt/

Verb

• (UK, US) enPR: k?n-str?kt', IPA^(key): /k?n?st??kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt

Noun

construct (plural constructs)

1. Something constructed from parts.

2. A concept or model.

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

Synonyms

• (something constructed from parts): construction
• (concept, model): concept, idea, model, notion, representation

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Verb

construct (third-person singular simple present constructs, present participle constructing, simple past and past participle constructed)

1. (transitive) To build or form (something) by assembling parts.

2. (transitive) To build (a sentence, an argument, etc.) by arranging words or ideas.
   • 1997, Marita Sturken, Tangled Memories

     The Vietnam War films are forms of memory that function to provide collective rememberings, to construct history, and to subsume within them the experience of the veterans.

3. (transitive, geometry) To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric tools and techniques.

Synonyms

• (build or form by assembling parts'): assemble, build, form, make, produce, put together
• (build (a sentence or argument)): form
• (draw (a geometric figure)):

Antonyms

• (build or form by assembling parts): destroy, disassemble, dismantle, ruin, wreck, take apart

Derived terms

• deconstruct
• overconstruct
• reconstruct
• unconstruct

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Further reading

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