Construction
Construction noun - Something put together by arranging or connecting an array of parts.
Labour and construction are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Labour" instead a noun "Construction".
Labour
Labour noun - Productive work (especially physical work done for wages).
Construction and labour are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Construction" instead a noun "Labour".
How words are described
| human | human construction | human labour |
| physical | physical construction | physical labour |
| artificial | artificial construction | artificial labour |
| simple | simple construction | simple labour |
| Other adjectives: cheap, heavy, actual, complicated, stern, social. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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What makes this trope appear blatant and unable to suspend disbelief is that futuristic slavery rarely involves these environments, but rather dangerous hard labour such as mining, repetitive industrial work and space construction work.
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The latter was built using slave labour, killing far more people in its construction than its actual use (c.25,000 v. 7,000).
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Thus, erecting a building in a newly built town will take exactly the same number of turns in the stone age as it will in the modern era, after building cranes, construction equipment and unionised labour has been invented.
Source: Adam Smith Hates Your Guts
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