Constructor vs. Destructor — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Constructor and Destructor
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Constructor
To form by assembling or combining parts; build.
Destructor
An incinerator for refuse.
Constructor
To create (an argument or a sentence, for example) by systematically arranging ideas or terms.
Destructor
An explosive, usually remote-controlled device for effecting a destruct.
Constructor
(Mathematics) To draw (a geometric figure) that meets specific requirements.
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Destructor
One who destructs.
Constructor
Something formed or constructed from parts.
Destructor
A furnace or oven for the burning or carbonizing of refuse.
Constructor
A concept, model, or schematic idea
A theoretical construct of the atom.
Destructor
(object-oriented programming) A function that runs when an object is no longer required, used to release any resources that it was using.
Constructor
A concrete image or idea
"[He] began to shift focus from the haunted constructs of terror in his early work" (Stephen Koch).
Destructor
A destroyer.
Fire, the destructor and the artificial death of things.
Constructor
A person who, or thing that, constructs.
Destructor
A furnace or oven for the burning or carbonizing of refuse
Constructor
(automotive) A company or individual who builds racing vehicles. In Formula One, constructor status is strictly defined by the rules, but in other motorsports the term is merely a descriptor. Depending on the racing rules, some constructors (e.g. Cosworth) may provide vehicles to racing teams who are not themselves constructors, while others are both teams and constructors (Ducati Corse, Scuderia Ferrari).
Destructor
In object-oriented programming, a function which destroys an object which was previously created by a different function.
Constructor
(object-oriented programming) A class method that creates and initializes each instance of an object.
Constructor
A constructer.
Constructor
Someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building)
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