What's the difference between building and concourse?

Building


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Build
  • (n.) The act of constructing, erecting, or establishing.
  • (n.) The art of constructing edifices, or the practice of civil architecture.
  • (n.) That which is built; a fabric or edifice constructed, as a house, a church, etc.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) If Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, who bought the island in 1738, were to return today he would doubtless recognise the scene, though he might be surprised that his small private buildings have grown into a sizable hotel.
  • (2) Until his return to Brazil in 1985, Niemeyer worked in Israel, France and north Africa, designing among other buildings the University of Haifa on Mount Carmel; the campus of Constantine University in Algeria (now known as Mentouri University); the offices of the French Communist party and their newspaper l'Humanité in Paris; and the ministry of external relations and the cathedral in Brasilia.
  • (3) Richard Bull Woodbridge, Suffolk • Why does Britain need Chinese money to build a new atomic generator ( Letters , 20 October)?
  • (4) Typological and archaeological investigations indicate that the church building represents originally the hospital facility for the lay brothers of the monastery, which according to the chronicle of the monastery was built in the beginning of the 14th century.
  • (5) Richard Hill, deputy chief executive at the Homes & Communities Agency , said: "As social businesses, housing associations already have a good record of re-investing their surpluses to build new homes and improve those of their existing tenants.
  • (6) Labour MP Jamie Reed, whose Copeland constituency includes Sellafield, called on the government to lay out details of a potential plan to build a new Mox plant at the site.
  • (7) Nice (the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) has also published new guidance on good patient experience that provides a strong framework on which to build good engagement practice.
  • (8) He also plans to build a processing facility where tourists can gain firsthand experience of the fisheries industry, and to open a restaurant.
  • (9) Total costs of building the three missile destroyers in Australia will amount to more than $9bn, approximately three times the cost of buying the ships ready made from Spanish company Navantia, The Australian reported on Friday .
  • (10) "Speed is not the main reason for building the new railway.
  • (11) The building block of cytokeratin IFs is a heterotypic tetramer, consisting of two type I and two type II polypeptides arranged in pairs of laterally aligned coiled coils.
  • (12) The fire at Glasgow School of Art's Charles Rennie Mackintosh building was reported at about 12.30pm.
  • (13) Liu was a driving force behind the modernisation of China's rail system, a project that included building 10,000 miles of high-speed rail track by 2020 – with a budget of £170bn, one of the most expensive engineering feats in recent history.
  • (14) Historically, councils and housing associations have tended to build three-bedroom houses, because that has always been seen as a sensible size for a family home.
  • (15) Cooper, who was briefly a social worker in Los Angeles, also suggests working hard to build a rapport with colleagues in hotdesking situations.
  • (16) "Monasteries and convents face greater risks than other buildings in terms of fire safety," the article said, adding that many are built with flammable materials and located far away from professional fire brigades.
  • (17) ... and the #housingstrategy on Twitter: Robin Macfarlane, a retired businessman: @MacfarlaneRobin House building should have been on the agenda from day one.
  • (18) The only other black woman I see in the building: washing dishes behind a door that was supposed to have been locked.
  • (19) Mortality rates naturally vary considerably, but in earthquakes, for example, the number of deaths per 100 houses destroyed can give an indication of the adequacy of building techniques.
  • (20) The aim of the trial was to determine the effectiveness of aspirin in preventing cardiovascular problems in people with asymptomatic atherosclerosis – the undetected build-up of waxy plaque deposits on the inside of blood vessels.

Concourse


Definition:

  • (n.) A moving, flowing, or running together; confluence.
  • (n.) An assembly; a gathering formed by a voluntary or spontaneous moving and meeting in one place.
  • (n.) The place or point of meeting or junction of two bodies.
  • (n.) An open space where several roads or paths meet; esp. an open space in a park where several roads meet.
  • (n.) Concurrence; cooperation.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Jim Ewing tweeted a picture of the station concourse jammed with travellers , adding that he had been stuck in a corridor for more than an hour.
  • (2) What he concluded was that the destruction of the Grand Concourse in the Bronx was something endemic to modern life.
  • (3) Trump loyalists stand by their man – but the resistance is taking root Read more The protesters are part of a sudden swell of liberal activism that has drawn millions to city streets and airport concourses across the US, in a startling show of resistance to Trump’s presidency.
  • (4) The colossal tarpaulin roof had actually been opened and closed regularly throughout the day, as if taunting those fans who could not attend the rescheduled game, as the locals sought to dry the surface so there was an irony this game kicked off with autumnal sunshine pouring through the concourse under the canopy.
  • (5) It's not just that Adele is blasting out on the concourse, white towels have replaced the Wimbledon-branded ones, and the posh stewards with purple arm bands have given way to policemen with machine guns.
  • (6) In order to improve prehospital services to the airport and the city, a paramedic has been stationed in the concourse at the airport 16 hours a day since 1982.
  • (7) I just want to see my child in Belgium.” At Keleti, tempers frayed and conditions were rapidly worsening in the station concourse thanks to the late summer heat.
  • (8) Some refugees slept on the station concourse on Saturday night.
  • (9) Francis Whittaker (@frittaker) #britishthreatlevels "A rail replacement bus service can be found outside the station concourse" May 24, 2017 Viktoria Michaelis (@VikiMichaelis) 'Is this seat taken?'
  • (10) My wife just grabbed her and dragged her out of the door and on to the concourse.
  • (11) Probably the happening of most moment during that 1973 midsummer fortnight was the raucous overture of something rare and special when every day some hundred or so shrieking schoolgirls began following around the concourse and demanding autographs from a slim, blond, bemused Swede with a headband and an ice-blue faraway gaze, just 17 but, perforce, seeded No6.
  • (12) On Tuesday afternoon at 10 minutes past two, Miliband and his partner Justine emerged from the Midland Hotel to make the short walk across the concourse to the conference centre.
  • (13) Everyone was in a huge state of panic, calling each other ... it was just extremely disturbing for everyone there.” Elizabeth Welsby, a 50-year-old teacher from Bolton, told BuzzFeed the concourse of the arena was thick with smoke and the smell of explosive.
  • (14) There was a pump providing fresh drinking water and somewhere to wash hands and faces, but it was in a public concourse.
  • (15) It also includes at railway station concourses, ticket halls, footbridges, subways and platforms, including uncovered ones.
  • (16) When train delays are announced, sensitive instruments might read the synchronised rolling of eyes on station concourses in milliblitzes.
  • (17) At the airport, the main concourse was hit by the earthquake with the number of working runways reduced from three to one.
  • (18) On a wall in Doncaster railway station concourse is a plaque commemorating the achievements of Thomas Steels and Jimmy Holmes.
  • (19) However, it is understood the contract does not extend to outlets of WH Smith, which has shops on the concourses of many London mainline stations.
  • (20) Facing the De Young Museum across the park's open-air music concourse, the Academy of Sciences has been an instant crowd-pleaser.