Contradiction vs Conjunction - What's the difference?
contradiction | conjunction |
(uncountable) The act of contradicting.
(countable) A statement that contradicts itself.
(countable) a logical incompatibility among two or more elements or propositions
(logic, countable) A proposition that is false for all values of its variables.
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 contradiction and conjunction
is that contradiction is the act of contradicting while conjunction is the act of joining, or condition of being joined.contradiction
English
(wikipedia contradiction)Noun
- His contradiction of the proposal was very interesting.
- There is a contradiction in what you say - she can't be both married and single.
- Marx believed that the contradictions of capitalism would lead to socialism.
Synonyms
* (proposition that is false for all values of its variables)Antonyms
* (proposition that is false for all values of its variables) tautologyCoordinate terms
* (proposition that is false for all values of its variables) contingency, tautologyconjunction
English
(wikipedia conjunction)Noun
(en noun)- Certaine Nations (and amongst others, the Mahometane) abhorre Conjunction with women great with childe.
