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Discontinuous vs Disjunct - What's the difference?

discontinuous | disjunct |

As adjectives the difference between discontinuous and disjunct

is that discontinuous is having breaks or interruptions; intermittent while disjunct is separate; discontinuous; not connected.

As a noun disjunct is

one of multiple propositions, any of which, if true, confirm the validity of another proposition (a disjunction.

discontinuous

English

Adjective

(-)
  • having breaks or interruptions; intermittent
  • (mathematics) having at least one discontinuity

    • Antonyms

    * continuous

    Related terms

    * discontinuity

    disjunct

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (logic) One of multiple propositions, any of which, if true, confirm the validity of another proposition (a disjunction)
  • (linguistics) Any sentence element that is not fully integrated into the clausal structure of the sentence.
  • (linguistics) An adverbial that expresses the speaker's or writer's attitude towards, or descriptive statement of, the propositional content of the associated clause or sentence.

    • Holonyms

    * (in logic) disjunction

    Hypernyms

    * (an adverbial) sentence adverb

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Separate; discontinuous; not connected.
  • Occurring in widely separated geographic areas.

    • References

    * "Disjunction" in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy