different between sculpt vs construct
sculpt
English
Etymology
From French sculpter, from Latin sculp? (“to cut out, carve in stone”).
Pronunciation
Verb
sculpt (third-person singular simple present sculpts, present participle sculpting, simple past and past participle sculpted)
- (transitive) To form by sculpture.
- They sculpted a statue out of clay.
- (intransitive) To work as a sculptor.
- What do you do?
- I used to box, but now I sculpt.
- What do you do?
Derived terms
- resculpt
Related terms
- sculptor
- sculpture
Translations
Noun
sculpt (plural sculpts)
- (computer graphics) A modification that can be applied to an object, like a texture, but changes the object's shape rather than its appearance.
Further reading
- sculpt at OneLook Dictionary Search
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construct
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)
- Something constructed from parts.
- A concept or model.
- (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
Related terms
Translations
Verb
construct (third-person singular simple present constructs, present participle constructing, simple past and past participle constructed)
- (transitive) To build or form (something) by assembling parts.
- (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.
- 1997, Marita Sturken, Tangled Memories
- (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
Related terms
Translations
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
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- what constructs proteins
- what construction type is my house
- what constructs social class
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