Construction and Expression

Construction

Construction noun - A group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit.
Usage example: I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner

Expression is a synonym for construction. In some cases you can use "Expression" instead a noun "Construction".

Expression

Expression noun - A group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit.

Construction is a synonym for expression. Sometimes you can use "Construction" instead a noun "Expression".

How words are described

human human construction human expression
exact exact construction exact expression
similar similar construction similar expression
normal normal construction normal expression
Other adjectives: typical, complete, awkward, simple, actual, real, little, stern, different.
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