phrase vs construction

construction vs phrase

phrase and construction both are nouns.

phrase is a verb but construction is not a verb.

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

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

phrase: an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence
construction: a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit

Other hypernyms of phrase include expression, grammatical construction.

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

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

Difference between phrase and construction

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