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Adjunct vs Conjunct - What's the difference?

adjunct | conjunct |

In lang=en terms the difference between adjunct and conjunct

is that adjunct is a key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key while conjunct is either term of a conjunction.

As nouns the difference between adjunct and conjunct

is that adjunct is an appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity while conjunct is either term of a conjunction.

As adjectives the difference between adjunct and conjunct

is that adjunct is connected in a subordinate function while conjunct is conjoined.

adjunct

English

(wikipedia adjunct)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Learning is but an adjunct to our self.
  • A person associated with another, usually in a subordinate position; a colleague.
    • (Wotton)
  • (grammar) A dispensable phrase in a clause or sentence that amplifies its meaning, such as "for a while" in "I typed for a while".
  • (rhetoric) Symploce.
  • (dated, metaphysics) A quality or property of the body or mind, whether natural or acquired, such as colour in the body or judgement in the mind.
  • (music) A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key.
  • (syntax, X-bar theory) A constituent which is both the daughter and the sister of an X-bar.
  • *
    • We can see from (34) that Determiners are sisters of N-bar and daughters of
    N-double-bar; Adjuncts' are both sisters and daughters of N-bar; and Comple-
    ments are sisters of N and daughters of N-bar. This means that '''Adjuncts''' re-
    semble Complements in that both are daughters of N-bar; but they differ from
    Complements in that '''Adjuncts''' are sisters of N-bar, whereas Complements are
    sisters of N. Likewise, it means that '''Adjuncts''' resemble Determiners in that
    both are sisters of N-bar, but they differ from Determiners in that '     Adjuncts
    are daughters of N-bar, whereas Determiners are daughters of N-double-bar.

    Derived terms

    * adjuncthood * adjunctive

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Connected in a subordinate function.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Though that my death were adjunct to my act.
  • Added to a faculty or staff in a secondary position.

    • conjunct

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (logic) Either term of a conjunction
  • * {{quote-journal, 2007, date=July 14, Timothy Chan, Belief, assertion and Moore’s Paradox, Philosophical Studies, url=, doi=10.1007/s11098-007-9130-z, volume=139, issue=3, pages=
    • , passage=Asserting a conjunction would be irrational if the epistemic grounds for one conjunct' defeat those for the other, for example when the two ' conjuncts are logically inconsistent. }}
  • (linguistics) An adjunct that supplements a sentence with information, not considered to be an essential part of the propositional content, that connects the sentence with previous parts of the discourse, as "therefore" in "It was raining. Therefore, we didn't go swimming."

    • Holonyms

    * (in logic) conjunction

    Adjective

    (-)
  • conjoined
    • Set A is conjunct with set B.
  • acting together; collaborative

    • Antonyms

    * (conjoined) disjunct