painting vs construction

painting and construction both are nouns.

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

painting (noun)	construction (noun)
creating a picture with paints	the act of constructing something
the occupation of a house painter	the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
the act of applying paint to a surface	drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem
graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface	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