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Conjoined vs Conjunct - What's the difference?

conjoined | conjunct |

As adjectives the difference between conjoined and conjunct

is that conjoined is joined together, as with conjoined twins, or in matrimony while conjunct is conjoined.

As a verb conjoined

is past tense of conjoin.

As a noun conjunct is

either term of a conjunction.

conjoined

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Joined together, as with conjoined twins, or in matrimony.
    • 1600' ''If either of you know any inward impediment, why you should not be '''conjoined , I charge you, on your souls, to utter it.'' — Shakespeare, ''Much Ado About Nothing , .
    ...representatives of a loosely conjoined nation...'' - ''Time

    Usage notes

    Conjoint' is often used, but ' conjoined is the preferred usage.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (conjoin)

    • conjunct

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (logic) Either term of a conjunction
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    • , passage=Asserting a conjunction would be irrational if the epistemic grounds for one conjunct' defeat those for the other, for example when the two ' conjuncts are logically inconsistent. }}
  • (linguistics) An adjunct that supplements a sentence with information, not considered to be an essential part of the propositional content, that connects the sentence with previous parts of the discourse, as "therefore" in "It was raining. Therefore, we didn't go swimming."

    • Holonyms

    * (in logic) conjunction

    Adjective

    (-)
  • conjoined
    • Set A is conjunct with set B.
  • acting together; collaborative

    • Antonyms

    * (conjoined) disjunct