Build vs Contract - What's the difference?

In transitive terms the difference between build and contract

is that build is to establish a basis for (something) while contract is to gain or acquire (an illness).

In intransitive terms the difference between build and contract

is that build is to develop in magnitude or extent while contract is to make an agreement or contract; to covenant; to agree; to bargain.

As an adjective contract is

contracted; affianced; betrothed.

build

English

Verb

(lb) To form (something) by combining materials or parts.

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To develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process.

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(lb) To increase or strengthen (something) by adding gradually to.

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(lb) To establish a basis for (something).

(lb) To form by combining materials or parts.

(lb) To develop in magnitude or extent.

Usage notes

* The simple past tense and past participle used to be builded; however, that form is now archaic, having been superseded by the form .

Synonyms

* (to form by combining materials or parts) construct, erect * (to develop or give form to according to a plan or process) create * (to increase or strengthen by adding gradually to) build up, enlarge, increase, strengthen * (to establish a basis for) base, found, ground

Antonyms

* (to form by combining materials or parts) demolish, destroy, ruin, wreck * (to increase or strengthen by adding gradually to) decrease, dissipate, weaken

Derived terms

* build a fire under * build castles in the air * build in * build into * build on * build on sand * build-to * build up * build upon * prebuild

Noun

(en noun)

(senseid) The physique of a human body; constitution or structure of a human body.

Rugby players are of sturdy build .

(computing) any of various versions of a software product as it is being developed for release to users

The computer company has introduced a new prototype build to beta testers.

(Internet slang) a structure, nominally an abbreviation of building (see usage notes below).

I made a build that looked like the Parthenon in that game.

Usage notes

* As internet slang, although the word is nominally an abbreviation of "building", the slang term can refer to any structure or formation created by the player e.g. a statue, a pool, or even a forest.

contract

English

(wikipedia contract)

Etymology 1

From (etyl), from (etyl) contract, from (etyl) contractum, past participle of .

Noun

(en noun)

An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement.

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(legal) An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed.

(legal) A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.

(informal) An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.

(bridge) The declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump.

Hypernyms

* (agreement that is legally binding) agreement

Hyponyms

* (agreement that is legally binding) bailment

Derived terms

* contractual * fixed-term contract * contract of employment

Adjective

(-)

(obsolete) Contracted; affianced; betrothed.

(Shakespeare)

(obsolete) Not abstract; concrete.

* Robert Recorde, , 1557:

But now in eche kinde of these, there are certaine nombers named Ab?tracte'': and other called nombers ''Contracte .

Etymology 2

From (etyl), from (etyl) contracter, from (etyl) contractum, past participle of . the verb developed after the noun, and originally meant only "draw together"; the sense "make a contract with" developed later.

Verb

(en verb)

(ambitransitive) To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.

The snail's body contracted into its shell.

to contract one's sphere of action

* Wordsworth

Years contracting to a moment.

* Dr. H. More

In all things desuetude doth contract and narrow our faculties.

(grammar) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.

The word "cannot" is often contracted into "can't".

To enter into a contract with. (rfex)

To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for.

* Hakluyt

We have contracted an inviolable amity, peace, and league with the aforesaid queen.

* Strype

Many persons prohibited by law.

To make an agreement or contract; to covenant; to agree; to bargain.

to contract for carrying the mail

To bring on; to incur; to acquire.

She contracted the habit of smoking in her teens.

to contract a debt

* Alexander Pope

Each from each contract new strength and light.

* Jonathan Swift

Such behaviour we contract by having much conversed with persons of high stature.

To gain or acquire (an illness).

* 1999 , Davidson C. Umeh, Protect Your Life: A Health Handbook for Law Enforcement Professionals (page 69)

An officer contracted hepatitis B and died after handling the blood-soaked clothing of a homicide victim

To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.

* Shakespeare

Thou didst contract and purse thy brow.

To betroth; to affiance.

* Shakespeare

The truth is, she and I, long since contracted , / Are now so sure, that nothing can dissolve us.

Synonyms

* (lessen) abate, decrease, lessen, reduce * (shorten) shorten, shrink * catch, get

Antonyms

* (lessen) increase, expand * (shorten) grow, lengthen