housing vs construction

construction vs housing

housing and construction both are nouns.

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

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

housing: structures collectively in which people are housed
construction: a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts

Other hypernyms of housing include structure.

housing (noun)	construction (noun)
structures collectively in which people are housed	the act of constructing something
a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component	the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse	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 housing and construction

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