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conjunction vs connective

connective vs conjunction

conjunction and connective both are nouns.

conjunction is not an adjective while connective is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
conjunction Yes No No No
connective Yes Yes No No
As nouns, connective is a hypernym of conjunction; that is, connective is a word with a broader meaning than conjunction:
  • conjunction: something that joins or connects
  • connective: an instrumentality that connects
Other hypernyms of conjunction include connecter, connection, connector, connexion.
As nouns, conjunction and connective are synonyms defined as:
  • conjunction and connective: an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
Other synonyms of conjunction include conjunctive, continuative.
conjunction (noun) connective (noun)
something that joins or connects an instrumentality that connects
the temporal property of two things happening at the same time an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
(astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac
the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction
the state of being joined together
conjunction (adjective) connective (adjective)
connecting or tending to connect
Difference between conjunction and connective

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