partition vs construction

construction vs partition

partition and construction both are nouns.

partition is a verb but construction is not a verb.

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

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

partition: a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
construction: a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts

Other hypernyms of partition include structure.

partition (noun)	construction (noun)
the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart	the act of constructing something
a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)	the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
(anatomy) a structure that separates areas in an organism	drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem
(computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit	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

partition (verb)	construction (verb)
separate or apportion into sections
divide into parts, pieces, or sections

Difference between partition and construction

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