Build vs Release - What's the difference?

In lang=en terms the difference between build and release

is that build is to develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process while release is to lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

As verbs the difference between build and release

is that build is (lb) to form (something) by combining materials or parts while release is to let go (of); to cease to hold or contain or release can be to lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

As nouns the difference between build and release

is that build is (senseid) the physique of a human body; constitution or structure of a human body while release is the event of setting (someone or something) free (eg hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).

build

English

Verb

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

*:Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=A chap named Eleazir Kendrick and I had chummed in together the summer afore and built a fish-weir and shanty at Setuckit Point, down Orham way. For a spell we done pretty well.}}

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.

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= The attack of the MOOCs , passage=Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.}}

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* The simple past tense and past participle used to be builded; however, that form is now archaic, having been superseded by the form .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

release

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) relaisser (variant of relascher).

Noun

(en noun)

The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Charles T. Ambrose

, title= Alzheimer’s Disease , volume=101, issue=3, page=200, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.}}

(software) The distribution of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product; the distribution can be both public or private.

Anything recently released or made available (as for sale).

That which is released, untied or let go.

Derived terms

* prerelease * release notes * release from requirement * software release * release process

Verb

(releas)

To let go (of); to cease to hold or contain.

To make available to the public.

To free or liberate; to set free.

To discharge.

(telephone) (of a call) To hang up.

(legal) To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder releases his right to the tenant in possession; to quit.

To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of.

to release an ordinance

(Hooker)

(soccer) To set up; to provide with a goal-scoring opportunity

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 13, author=Sam Lyon, work=BBC

, title= Borussia Dortmund 1-1 Arsenal , passage=With the Gunners far too lightweight in midfield, Mikel Arteta dropped back into a deeper-lying role. This freed Yossi Benayoun to go further forward, a move that helped forge a rare Arsenal chance on 30 minutes when the Israeli released Van Persie, only for the Dutchman's snap-shot to be tipped around the post.}}

Antonyms

* hold

Etymology 2

Verb

(releas)

To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.