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Adjunct vs Conjunction - What's the difference?

adjunct | conjunction |

In grammar terms the difference between adjunct and conjunction

is that adjunct is a dispensable phrase in a clause or sentence that amplifies its meaning, such as "for a while" in "I typed for a while" while conjunction is a word used to join other words or phrases together into sentences. The specific conjunction used shows how the two joined parts are related. Example: Bread, butter and cheese.

In lang=en terms the difference between adjunct and conjunction

is that adjunct is a key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key while conjunction is the proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the ∧ (\and) operator.

As nouns the difference between adjunct and conjunction

is that adjunct is an appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity while conjunction is the act of joining, or condition of being joined.

As an adjective adjunct

is connected in a subordinate function.

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.

    • conjunction

    English

    (wikipedia conjunction)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of joining, or condition of being joined.
  • (obsolete) Sexual intercourse.
  • *, vol.1. ch.29:
    • Certaine Nations (and amongst others, the Mahometane) abhorre Conjunction with women great with childe.
  • (grammar) A word used to join other words or phrases together into sentences. The specific conjunction used shows how the two joined parts are related. Example: Bread, butter and cheese.
  • (astronomy) The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth.
  • (astrology) An aspect in which planets are in close proximity to one another.
  • (logic) The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the (\and) operator.

    • Coordinate terms

    * (in logic) disjunction

    Hypernyms

    * (in logic) logical connective

    Meronyms

    * (in logic) conjunct

    Derived terms

    * inferior conjunction * superior conjunction * conjunctive normal form

    Related terms

    * conjugate

    See also

    * disjunction