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Adjunct vs Disjunct - What's the difference?

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In lang=en terms the difference between adjunct and disjunct

is that adjunct is a key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key while disjunct is one of multiple propositions, any of which, if true, confirm the validity of another proposition (a disjunction.

As nouns the difference between adjunct and disjunct

is that adjunct is an appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity while disjunct is one of multiple propositions, any of which, if true, confirm the validity of another proposition (a disjunction.

As adjectives the difference between adjunct and disjunct

is that adjunct is connected in a subordinate function while disjunct is separate; discontinuous; not connected.

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.

    • disjunct

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (logic) One of multiple propositions, any of which, if true, confirm the validity of another proposition (a disjunction)
  • (linguistics) Any sentence element that is not fully integrated into the clausal structure of the sentence.
  • (linguistics) An adverbial that expresses the speaker's or writer's attitude towards, or descriptive statement of, the propositional content of the associated clause or sentence.

    • Holonyms

    * (in logic) disjunction

    Hypernyms

    * (an adverbial) sentence adverb

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Separate; discontinuous; not connected.
  • Occurring in widely separated geographic areas.

    • References

    * "Disjunction" in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy