construction vs clause

clause vs construction

construction and clause both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of construction include adjunct, complement, involution, phrase, predicator.

construction (noun)	clause (noun)
the act of constructing something	(grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate functioning as a part of a complex sentence
the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones	a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)
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 construction and clause

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