adjunct vs construction

construction vs adjunct

adjunct and construction both are nouns.

adjunct is an adjective but construction is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
adjunct	Yes	Yes	No	No
construction	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, construction is a hypernym of adjunct; that is, construction is a word with a broader meaning than adjunct:

adjunct: a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence
construction: a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit

Other hypernyms of adjunct include expression, grammatical construction.

adjunct (noun)	construction (noun)
a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence	the act of constructing something
something added to another thing but not an essential part of it	the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another	drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem
	a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
	the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought
	an interpretation of a text or action
	a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit

adjunct (adjective)	construction (adjective)
of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another
furnishing added support

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