connection vs conjunction

conjunction vs connection

connection and conjunction both are nouns.

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

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

connection: an instrumentality that connects
conjunction: something that joins or connects

Other hyponyms of connection include attachment, bond, backbone, earth, ground, hitch, hookup, jumper, junction, slip ring, line, phone line, subscriber line, telephone circuit, telephone line, patch, temporary hookup, coupling, yoke.

connection (noun)	conjunction (noun)
the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)	something that joins or connects
shifting from one form of transportation to another	the temporal property of two things happening at the same time
an instrumentality that connects	an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination	(astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac
a supplier (especially of narcotics)	the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction
(usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship)	the state of being joined together
a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
a connecting shape
the state of being connected

Difference between connection and conjunction

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