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connective vs conjunction

conjunction vs connective

connective and conjunction both are nouns.

connective is an adjective but conjunction is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
connective Yes Yes No No
conjunction Yes No No No
As nouns, conjunction is a hyponym of connective; that is, conjunction is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than connective:
  • connective: an instrumentality that connects
  • conjunction: something that joins or connects
As nouns, connective and conjunction are synonyms defined as:
  • connective and conjunction: an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
Other synonyms of connective include conjunctive, continuative.
connective (noun) conjunction (noun)
an instrumentality that connects something that joins or connects
an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences 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
connective (adjective) conjunction (adjective)
connecting or tending to connect
Difference between connective and conjunction

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