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Conjugation vs Juxtaposition - What's the difference?

conjugation | juxtaposition |

As nouns the difference between conjugation and juxtaposition

is that conjugation is the coming together of things while juxtaposition is the nearness of objects with no delimiter.

As a verb juxtaposition is

to place in juxtaposition.

conjugation

English

Noun

(wikipedia conjugation) (en noun)
  • The coming together of things.
  • (biology) The temporary fusion of organisms, especially as part of sexual reproduction
  • Sexual relations within marriage
  • (grammar) In some languages, one of several classifications of verbs according to what inflections they take.
  • (grammar) The act of conjugating a verb.
  • (grammar) The conjugated forms of a verb.
  • (chemistry) A system of delocalized orbitals consisting of alternating single bonds and double bonds
  • (mathematics) A mapping sending x'' to ''gxg-1'', where ''g'' and ''x are elements of a (l); (l)
  • (mathematics) A function which negates the non-real part of a (l) or (l) number; (l)

    • Related terms

    * conjugate

    Coordinate terms

    * declension

    See also

    * declension * inflection, inflexion

    juxtaposition

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The nearness of objects with no delimiter.
  • # (grammar) An absence of linking elements in a group of words that are listed together.
  • Example: mother father'' instead of ''mother and father
  • # (mathematics) An absence of operators in an expression.
  • Using juxtaposition for multiplication saves space when writing longer expressions. a \times b \! collapses to ab\!.
  • #* 2007 , Lawrence Moss and Hans-Jörg Tiede, Applications of Modal Logic in Linguistics'', in: P. Blackburn et al (eds), ''Handbook of Modal Logic , Elsevier, p. 1054
  • A fundamental operation on strings is string concatenation which we will denote by juxtaposition .
  • The extra emphasis given to a comparison when the contrasted objects are close together.
    • There was a poignant juxtaposition between the boys laughing in the street and the girl crying on the balcony above.
  • # (arts) Two or more contrasting sounds, colours, styles etc. placed together for stylistic effect.
  • The juxtaposition of the bright yellows on the dark background made the painting appear three dimensional.
  • # (rhetoric) The close placement of two ideas to imply a link that may not exist.
  • Example: In 1965 the government was elected; in 1965 the economy took a dive.

    • Related terms

    * juxtapose * juxtaposed

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To place in juxtaposition.

    • References

    * DeLone et. al. (Eds.) (1975). Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0130493465. Music. ----