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Conjugate vs Declension - What's the difference?

conjugate | declension |

In grammar|lang=en terms the difference between conjugate and declension

is that conjugate is (grammar) agreeing in derivation and radical signification; said of words while declension is (grammar): the act of declining a word; the act of listing the inflections of a noun, pronoun or adjective in order.

As nouns the difference between conjugate and declension

is that conjugate is any entity formed by joining two or more smaller entities together while declension is (grammar): a way of categorizing nouns, pronouns, or adjectives according to the inflections they receive.

As a verb conjugate

is (grammar|transitive) to inflect (a verb) for each person, in order, for one or more tenses.

As an adjective conjugate

is united in pairs; yoked together; coupled.

conjugate

English

Verb

(conjugat)
  • (grammar) To inflect (a verb) for each person, in order, for one or more tenses.
  • In English, the verb 'to be' is conjugated as follows: 'I am', 'you are', 'he/she/it is', 'we are', 'you are', 'they are'.
  • (rare) To join together, unite; to juxtapose.
  • *2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 55:
  • *:The effects of hunger were often conjugated with epidemic disease.
  • (biology) To reproduce sexually as do some bacteria and algae, by exchanging or transferring DNA.
  • Hypernyms

    * inflect

    See also

    * decline

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any entity formed by joining two or more smaller entities together.
  • (mathematics) (of a complex number ) A complex conjugate.
  • (mathematics) More generally, any of a set of irrational or complex numbers that are zeros of the same polynomial with integral coefficients.
  • (mathematics) An explementary angle.
  • (grammar) A word agreeing in derivation with another word, and therefore generally resembling it in meaning.
  • * Archbishop Bramhall
  • We have learned, in logic, that conjugates are sometimes in name only, and not in deed.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • United in pairs; yoked together; coupled.
  • (botany) In single pairs; coupled.
  • (chemistry) Containing two or more radicals supposed to act the part of a single one.
  • (grammar) Agreeing in derivation and radical signification; said of words.
  • (math) Presenting themselves simultaneously and having reciprocal properties; said of quantities, points, lines, axes, curves, etc.
  • declension

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia declension) (en noun)
  • (grammar): A way of categorizing nouns, pronouns, or adjectives according to the inflections they receive.
  • In Latin, 'amicus' belongs to the second declension . Most second-declension nouns end in '-i' in the genitive singular and '-um' in the accusative singular.
  • (grammar): The act of declining a word; the act of listing the inflections of a noun, pronoun or adjective in order.
  • Hypernyms

    * inflection (inflexion)

    Coordinate terms

    * conjugation

    Derived terms

    * declensional

    Anagrams

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