connexion vs conjunction

conjunction vs connexion

connexion and conjunction both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of connexion 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.

connexion (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 relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)	the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction
a connecting shape	the state of being joined together

Difference between connexion and conjunction

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