clause vs construction

construction vs clause

clause and construction both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
clause	Yes	No	No	No
construction	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, construction is a hypernym of clause; that is, construction is a word with a broader meaning than clause:

clause: (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate functioning as a part of a complex sentence
construction: a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit

Other hypernyms of clause include expression, grammatical construction.

clause (noun)	construction (noun)
(grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate functioning as a part of a complex sentence	the act of constructing something
a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)	the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
	drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem
	a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
	the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought
	an interpretation of a text or action
	a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit

Difference between clause and construction

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