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Disjunct vs Conjunct - What's the difference?

disjunct | conjunct | Antonyms |

Conjunct is a antonym of disjunct.



In lang=en terms the difference between disjunct and conjunct

is that disjunct is one of multiple propositions, any of which, if true, confirm the validity of another proposition (a disjunction while conjunct is either term of a conjunction.

In linguistics terms the difference between disjunct and conjunct

is that disjunct is 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 while conjunct is an adjunct that supplements a sentence with information, not considered to be an essential part of the propositional content, that connects the sentence with previous parts of the discourse, as "therefore" in "It was raining. Therefore, we didn't go swimming..

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

    conjunct

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (logic) Either term of a conjunction
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  • (linguistics) An adjunct that supplements a sentence with information, not considered to be an essential part of the propositional content, that connects the sentence with previous parts of the discourse, as "therefore" in "It was raining. Therefore, we didn't go swimming."

    • Holonyms

    * (in logic) conjunction

    Adjective

    (-)
  • conjoined
    • Set A is conjunct with set B.
  • acting together; collaborative

    • Antonyms

    * (conjoined) disjunct