Conflation vs Conjunction - What's the difference?
conflation | conjunction |
(countable) A blowing or fusing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry.
(countable) A blend or fusion, especially a composite reading or text formed by combining the material of two or more texts into a single text.
The act of joining, or condition of being joined.
(obsolete) Sexual intercourse.
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(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 () operator.
As nouns the difference between conflation and conjunction
is that conflation is (countable) a blowing or fusing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry while conjunction is the act of joining, or condition of being joined.conflation
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(wikipedia conjunction)Noun
(en noun)- Certaine Nations (and amongst others, the Mahometane) abhorre Conjunction with women great with childe.