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Disjunctive vs Disjointed - What's the difference?

disjunctive | disjointed |

As adjectives the difference between disjunctive and disjointed

is that disjunctive is not connected; separated while disjointed is not connected, coherent, or continuous.

As a noun disjunctive

is a disjunction.

disjunctive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not connected; separated.
  • (grammar, of a personal pronoun) Not used in immediate conjunction with the verb of which the pronoun is the subject. For example:
    • English: me, him, them
    French: moi, toi
    Irish:
  • Tending to disjoin; separating.
  • (music) Relating to disjunct tetrachords.
  • * Moore (Encyc. of Music)
    • Disjunctive notes.

    Antonyms

    * conjunctive

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (logic) A disjunction.
  • * L. H. Atwater
    • Disjunctives may be turned into conditionals.
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    disjointed

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (figuratively) Not connected, coherent, or continuous.
    • The hours of his illness were disjointed and confusing as he drifted in and out of consciousness.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Tom Fordyce , title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=England can look forward to a quarter-final next weekend against a similarly struggling France, a reward they scarcely deserve on the evidence of this disjointed display.}}