conjunction vs union

union vs conjunction

conjunction and union both are nouns.

conjunction is not an adjective while union is an adjective.

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

As nouns, union is a hypernym of conjunction; that is, union is a word with a broader meaning than conjunction:

conjunction: the state of being joined together
union: the state of being joined or united or linked

Other hypernyms of conjunction include unification.

conjunction (noun)	union (noun)
something that joins or connects	the act of making or becoming a single unit
the temporal property of two things happening at the same time	the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences	a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)
(astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac	the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts
the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction	an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
the state of being joined together	a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations
	a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets
	healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones
	the state of being joined or united or linked
	the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)

conjunction (adjective)	union (adjective)
	of trade unions

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