construction vs phrase

phrase vs construction

construction and phrase both are nouns.

construction is not a verb while phrase is a verb.

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

As nouns, phrase is a hyponym of construction; that is, phrase 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
phrase: an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence

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

construction (noun)	phrase (noun)
the act of constructing something	dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence
the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones	an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence
drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem	a short musical passage
a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts	an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
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

construction (verb)	phrase (verb)
	put into words or an expression
	divide, combine, or mark into phrases

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