function word vs preposition

function word and preposition both are nouns.

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

As nouns, preposition is a hyponym of function word; that is, preposition 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
preposition: a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word

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

function word (noun)	preposition (noun)
a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning	a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word
	(linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix before the base to which it is attached)

function word vs preposition

function word and preposition both are nouns.

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