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grammatical construction vs clause

clause vs grammatical construction

grammatical construction and clause both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
grammatical construction Yes No No No
clause Yes No No No
As nouns, clause is a hyponym of grammatical construction; that is, clause 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
  • clause: (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate functioning as a part of a complex sentence
Other hyponyms of grammatical construction include adjunct, complement, involution, phrase, predicator.
grammatical construction (noun) clause (noun)
a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate functioning as a part of a complex sentence
a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)
Difference between grammatical construction and clause

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