conjunction vs inosculation

inosculation vs conjunction

conjunction and inosculation both are nouns.

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

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

conjunction: the state of being joined together
inosculation: a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous

Other hyponyms of conjunction include anastomosis, synapse.

conjunction (noun)	inosculation (noun)
something that joins or connects	a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous
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 inosculation

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