subordinating conjunction vs conjunction

conjunction vs subordinating conjunction

subordinating conjunction and conjunction both are nouns.

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

As nouns, conjunction is a hypernym of subordinating conjunction; that is, conjunction is a word with a broader meaning than subordinating conjunction:

subordinating conjunction: a conjunction (like `since' or `that' or `who') that introduces a dependent clause
conjunction: an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences

Other hypernyms of subordinating conjunction include conjunctive, connective, continuative.

As nouns, conjunction is a hypernym of subordinating conjunction; that is, conjunction is a word with a broader meaning than subordinating conjunction:

subordinating conjunction: the subordination that occurs when a conjunction makes one linguistic unit a constituent of another
conjunction: the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction

subordinating conjunction (noun)	conjunction (noun)
a conjunction (like `since' or `that' or `who') that introduces a dependent clause	something that joins or connects
the subordination that occurs when a conjunction makes one linguistic unit a constituent of another	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

subordinating conjunction vs conjunction

subordinating conjunction and conjunction both are nouns.

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