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Adposition vs Adpositional - What's the difference?

adposition | adpositional |

In grammar|lang=en terms the difference between adposition and adpositional

is that adposition is (grammar) an element that combines syntactically with a phrase and indicates how that phrase should be interpreted in the surrounding context while adpositional is (grammar) of, pertaining to, or of the nature of an adposition.

As a noun adposition

is (grammar) an element that combines syntactically with a phrase and indicates how that phrase should be interpreted in the surrounding context.

As an adjective adpositional is

(grammar) of, pertaining to, or of the nature of an adposition.

adposition

Noun

(en noun)
  • (grammar) An element that combines syntactically with a phrase and indicates how that phrase should be interpreted in the surrounding context.
  • Hyponyms

    * preposition * postposition * circumposition

    adpositional

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (grammar) Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of an adposition.