constituent vs construction

construction vs constituent

constituent and construction both are nouns.

constituent is an adjective but construction is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, construction is a hyponym of constituent; that is, construction is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than constituent:

constituent: (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction
construction: a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit

Other hyponyms of constituent include subject, object, ablative absolute, immediate constituent, expression, grammatical construction, misconstruction, term.

constituent (noun)	construction (noun)
an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system	the act of constructing something
an abstract part of something	the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
(grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction	drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem
a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes	a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
something determined in relation to something that includes it	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

constituent (adjective)	construction (adjective)
constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup)

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