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conjunction vs subordinating conjunction

subordinating conjunction vs conjunction

conjunction and subordinating conjunction both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
conjunction Yes No No No
subordinating conjunction Yes No No No
As nouns, subordinating conjunction is a hyponym of conjunction; that is, subordinating conjunction is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than conjunction:
  • conjunction: an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
  • subordinating conjunction: a conjunction (like `since' or `that' or `who') that introduces a dependent clause
Other hyponyms of conjunction include coordinating conjunction, subordinate conjunction.
As nouns, subordinating conjunction is a hyponym of conjunction; that is, subordinating conjunction is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than conjunction:
  • conjunction: the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction
  • subordinating conjunction: the subordination that occurs when a conjunction makes one linguistic unit a constituent of another
conjunction (noun) subordinating conjunction (noun)
something that joins or connects a conjunction (like `since' or `that' or `who') that introduces a dependent clause
the temporal property of two things happening at the same time the subordination that occurs when a conjunction makes one linguistic unit a constituent of another
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 subordinating conjunction

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