conjunction vs inferior conjunction

inferior conjunction vs conjunction

conjunction and inferior conjunction both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
conjunction	Yes	No	No	No
inferior conjunction	Yes	No	No	No

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

conjunction: (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac
inferior conjunction: (astronomy) the alignment of the Earth and a planet on the same side of the sun

Other hyponyms of conjunction include superior conjunction.

conjunction (noun)	inferior conjunction (noun)
something that joins or connects	(astronomy) the alignment of the Earth and a planet on the same side of the sun
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
(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

Difference between conjunction and inferior conjunction

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