Foundation vs. Creation

The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.

Example: ‘The foundation of his institute has been wrought with difficulty.’;

That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; underbuilding.

(figurative) The result of the work to begin something; that which stabilizes and allows an enterprise or system to develop.

(card games) In solitaire or patience games, one of the piles of cards that the player attempts to build, usually holding all cards of a suit in ascending order.

(architecture) The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.

Example: ‘The foundations of this construction have been laid out.’;

A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.

That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.

Example: ‘The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is the parent organization of the Wiktionary collaborative project.’;

(cosmetics) Cosmetic cream roughly skin-colored, designed to make the face appear uniform in color and texture.

A basis for social bodies or intellectual disciplines.

The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.

That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; groundwork; basis.

Example: ‘Behold, I lay in Zion, for a foundation, a stone . . . a precious corner stone, a sure foundation.’; ‘The foundation of a free common wealth.’;

The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course (see Base course (a), under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.

A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.

Example: ‘He was entered on the foundation of Westminster.’;

That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity; as, the Ford Foundation.

Example: ‘Against the canon laws of our foundation.’;

the basis on which something is grounded;

Example: ‘there is little foundation for his objections’;

an institution supported by an endowment

the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained;

Example: ‘the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture’;

lowest support of a structure;

Example: ‘it was built on a base of solid rock’; ‘he stood at the foot of the tower’;

education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge;

Example: ‘he lacks the foundation necessary for advanced study’; ‘a good grounding in mathematics’;

a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body

the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new;

Example: ‘she looked forward to her initiation as an adult’; ‘the foundation of a new scientific society’; ‘he regards the fork as a modern introduction’;

the lowest load-bearing part of a building, typically below ground level

Example: ‘foundations were being dug for a block of flats’; ‘build the arch resting on top of this solid foundation’;

a coloured cream, powder, or liquid used as a base to even out facial skin tone before applying other cosmetics

Example: ‘apply moisturizer a few minutes before using foundation’; ‘a foundation brush’; ‘heavy foundations and concealers can contribute to dull skin and clogged pores’;

an underlying basis or principle

Example: ‘physics, the foundation of all the sciences’; ‘without stability, the country will not be able hold the elections that will lay the foundation for a peaceful and democratic future’; ‘this idea is the foundation of all modern economics’;

justification or reason

Example: ‘misleading accusations with no foundation’;

the action of establishing an institution or organization

Example: ‘the foundation of a civil service college’;

an institution established with an endowment, for example a research body or charity

Example: ‘charitable foundations’;

(countable) Something created such as an invention or artwork.

Example: ‘I think the manufacturer was so ashamed of its creation that it didn't put its name on it!’;

(uncountable) The act of creating something.

Example: ‘The restructure resulted in the creation of a number of shared services.’;

(uncountable) All which exists.

Example: ‘Let us pray to Christ, the King of all creation.’;

The act of creating or causing to exist. Specifically, the act of bringing the universe or this world into existence.

Example: ‘From the creation to the general doom.’; ‘As when a new particle of matter dotn begin to exist, in rerum natura, which had before no being; and this we call creation.’;

That which is created; that which is produced or caused to exist, as the world or some original work of art or of the imagination; nature.

Example: ‘We know that the whole creation groaneth.’; ‘A dagger of the mind, a false creation.’; ‘Choice pictures and creations of curious art.’;

The act of constituting or investing with a new character; appointment; formation.

Example: ‘An Irish peer of recent creation.’;

the human act of creating

an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone

the event that occurred at the beginning of something;

Example: ‘from its creation the plan was doomed to failure’;

the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new;

Example: ‘she looked forward to her initiation as an adult’; ‘the foundation of a new scientific society’; ‘he regards the fork as a modern introduction’;

(theology) God's act of bringing the universe into existence

everything that exists anywhere;

Example: ‘they study the evolution of the universe’; ‘the biggest tree in existence’;

the action or process of bringing something into existence

Example: ‘creation of a coalition government’; ‘job creation’;

a thing which has been made or invented, especially something showing artistic talent

Example: ‘she treats fictional creations as if they were real people’;

the creating of the universe, especially when regarded as an act of God

Example: ‘the big bang was the moment of the Creation, and therefore the work of God’;

everything created; the universe

Example: ‘our alienation from the rest of Creation’;

the action of investing someone with a title of nobility

Example: ‘Edward's generosity extended beyond the creation of earls’;