Construct and Generate

Construct

Construct verb - To form by putting together parts or materials.

Usage example: constructed a hydroelectric dam across the river

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Generate and construct are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Generate" instead a verb "Construct".

Generate verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).

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Construct and generate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Construct" instead a verb "Generate".

character	construct character	generate character
kind	construct kind	generate kind
body	construct body	generate body
shield	construct shield	generate shield
Other words: objects, weapons, levels, portals.

Dutch: They are also slow to start (Technical) since their settlers costs Coins instead of Food, but they're able to construct Banks that generate Coins to compensate this.

Source: Video Game / Age of Empires III
Imagination-Based Superpower: While she can't shoot Hand Blasts like Danny, Sam can generate ecto strands which can be molded into nearly any construct she can imagine, similar to a certain comic book hero, which was intentional by the author.

Source: Fanfic / Facing The Future Series
For example, the company can use cheap panels to generate portals, but only uses these as a test element and decided to construct an expensive system of pneumatic pipes to move things around.

Source: Mundane Utility / Video Games

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