span vs construction

construction vs span

span and construction both are nouns.

span is a verb but construction is not a verb.

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

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

span: a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
construction: a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts

Other hypernyms of span include structure.

span (noun)	construction (noun)
the act of sitting or standing astride	the act of constructing something
a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.	the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
the distance or interval between two points	drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem
a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches)	a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
two items of the same kind	the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought
the complete duration of something	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

span (verb)	construction (verb)
to cover or extend over an area or time period

Difference between span and construction

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