different between structure vs construct

English

Etymology

From Middle French structure, from Latin struct?ra (“a fitting together, adjustment, building, erection, a building, edifice, structure”), from struere, past participle structus (“pile up, arrange, assemble, build”). Compare construct, instruct, destroy, etc.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?st??kt??(?)/, [?st??kt??(?)]
• (US) IPA^(key): /?st??kt??/

Noun

structure (countable and uncountable, plural structures)

1. A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.

   Synonym: formation

2. The underlying shape of a solid.

   Synonym: formation

3. The overall form or organization of something.

   Synonyms: makeup, configuration; see also Thesaurus:composition

4. A set of rules defining behaviour.

5. (computing)  Several pieces of data treated as a unit.

6. (fishing, uncountable)  Underwater terrain or objects (such as a dead tree or a submerged car) that tend to attract fish

7. A body, such as a political party, with a cohesive purpose or outlook.

8. (logic)  A set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations.

Derived terms

• antistructure

Translations

Verb

structure (third-person singular simple present structures, present participle structuring, simple past and past participle structured)

1. (transitive) To give structure to; to arrange.

Translations

Related terms

• infrastructure
• macrostructure
• microstructure
• restructure
• structural
• structuralism
• structuralist
• structured
• substructure
• superstructure
• unstructured

Further reading

• structure on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Latin structura

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st?yk.ty?/
• Rhymes: -y?
• Homophone: structures

Noun

structure f (plural structures)

1. structure

   Le plain-chant est la paraphrase aérienne et mouvante de l'immobile structure des cathédrales. (Huysmans, En route, 1895)

Synonyms

• agencement
• disposition
• ordre
• organisation

Antonyms

• anarchie
• chaos

Derived terms

• infrastructure
• structural
• structuralisme
• structuraliste
• structurant
• structuration
• structurer
  • déstructurer
  • restructurer
• structuration
• structure de données
• structurel
• structurellement
• substructure
• superstructure

References

• “structure” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Further reading

• “structure” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Participle

str?ct?re

1. vocative masculine singular of str?ct?rus

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

Related terms

Translations

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

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