Learn English – “will build” vs. “will have built”—any difference

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My question is one I saw on a site it is.I want to know the difference between the sentences.

  1. By 2025, I think we will build a settlement on Mars.

and

  1. By 2025, I think we will have built a settlement on Mars.

Also can you please tell me the meaning of:

By 2025, I think we would have built a settlement on Mars.

Best Answer

The first sentence uses a simple future. It means that by 2025, they begin to build, start to build a settlement. In the second sentence, however, a future perfect is used, meaning that by 2025, the process of building that settlement will have been completed.

So, simply put: In the first sentence, the settlement will not yet be there by 2025, but in the second sentence, the settlement will be completely finished and ready by 2025.