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apposition vs modification

modification vs apposition

apposition and modification both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
apposition Yes No No No
modification Yes No No No
As nouns, modification is a hypernym of apposition; that is, modification is a word with a broader meaning than apposition:
  • apposition: a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows
  • modification: the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
Other hypernyms of apposition include limiting, qualifying.
apposition (noun) modification (noun)
the act of positioning close together (or side by side) the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
(biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material slightly modified copy; not an exact copy
a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
Difference between apposition and modification

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