function word vs conjunction

function word and conjunction both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
function word	Yes	No	No	No
conjunction	Yes	No	No	No

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

function word: a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning
conjunction: an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences

Other hyponyms of function word include determinative, determiner, preposition, pronoun, conjunctive, connective, continuative, particle.

function word (noun)	conjunction (noun)
a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning	something that joins or connects
	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

function word vs conjunction

function word and conjunction both are nouns.

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