class vs declension

declension vs class

class and declension both are nouns.

class is a verb but declension is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
class	Yes	No	Yes	No
declension	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, declension is a hyponym of class; that is, declension is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than class:

class: a collection of things sharing a common attribute
declension: a class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms

Other hyponyms of class include grammatical category, syntactic category, paradigm, substitution class, brass family, violin family, woodwind family, stamp, sex, conjugation, denomination, histocompatibility complex, weight class.

class (noun)	declension (noun)
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings	a class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms
elegance in dress or behavior	a downward slope or bend
a collection of things sharing a common attribute	process of changing to an inferior state
people having the same social, economic, or educational status	the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages
(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
a body of students who are taught together
a body of students who graduate together
a league ranked by quality

class (verb)	declension (verb)
arrange or order by classes or categories

Difference between class and declension

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