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grammatical construction vs adjunct

adjunct vs grammatical construction

grammatical construction and adjunct both are nouns.

grammatical construction is not an adjective while adjunct is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
grammatical construction Yes No No No
adjunct Yes Yes No No
As nouns, adjunct is a hyponym of grammatical construction; that is, adjunct is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than grammatical construction:
  • grammatical construction: a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit
  • adjunct: a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence
Other hyponyms of grammatical construction include clause, complement, involution, phrase, predicator.
grammatical construction (noun) adjunct (noun)
a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence
something added to another thing but not an essential part of it
a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another
grammatical construction (adjective) adjunct (adjective)
of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another
furnishing added support
Difference between grammatical construction and adjunct

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