tangency vs conjunction

conjunction vs tangency

tangency and conjunction both are nouns.

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

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

tangency: (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact
conjunction: something that joins or connects

Other hypernyms of tangency include junction.

tangency (noun)	conjunction (noun)
(electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact	something that joins or connects
the state of being tangent; having contact at a single point or along a line without crossing	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

Difference between tangency and conjunction

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