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Appendage vs Adjunction - What's the difference?

appendage | adjunction |

As nouns the difference between appendage and adjunction

is that appendage is an external body part that projects from the body while adjunction is the act of joining; the thing joined or added.

appendage

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • an external body part that projects from the body
  • a natural prolongation or projection from a part of any organism
  • a part that is joined to something larger
  • Synonyms

    * extremity, member * outgrowth, process

    adjunction

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of joining; the thing joined or added.
  • (category theory) A form of similarity between a pair of categories mapped to each other by dual morphisms.
  • (legal) The joining of personal property owned by one to that owned by another.