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Conjugate vs Paronymous - What's the difference?

conjugate | paronymous |

As adjectives the difference between conjugate and paronymous

is that conjugate is united in pairs; yoked together; coupled while paronymous is (semantics) having the same root or derivation; conjugate.

As a verb conjugate

is (grammar|transitive) to inflect (a verb) for each person, in order, for one or more tenses.

As a noun conjugate

is any entity formed by joining two or more smaller entities together.

conjugate

English

Verb

(conjugat)
  • (grammar) To inflect (a verb) for each person, in order, for one or more tenses.
    • In English, the verb 'to be' is conjugated as follows: 'I am', 'you are', 'he/she/it is', 'we are', 'you are', 'they are'.
  • (rare) To join together, unite; to juxtapose.
  • *2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 55:
  • *:The effects of hunger were often conjugated with epidemic disease.
  • (biology) To reproduce sexually as do some bacteria and algae, by exchanging or transferring DNA.

    • Hypernyms

    * inflect

    Related terms

    * conjugable * conjugatable * conjugation * conjugator

    See also

    * decline

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any entity formed by joining two or more smaller entities together.
  • (mathematics) (of a complex number ) A complex conjugate.
  • (mathematics) More generally, any of a set of irrational or complex numbers that are zeros of the same polynomial with integral coefficients.
  • (mathematics) An explementary angle.
  • (grammar) A word agreeing in derivation with another word, and therefore generally resembling it in meaning.
  • * Archbishop Bramhall
    • We have learned, in logic, that conjugates are sometimes in name only, and not in deed.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • United in pairs; yoked together; coupled.
  • (botany) In single pairs; coupled.
  • (chemistry) Containing two or more radicals supposed to act the part of a single one.
  • (grammar) Agreeing in derivation and radical signification; said of words.
  • (math) Presenting themselves simultaneously and having reciprocal properties; said of quantities, points, lines, axes, curves, etc.

    • paronymous

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (semantics) Having the same root or derivation; conjugate.
  • (semantics) Having a similar sound, but different orthography and different meaning.
    • "Hare" and "hair" are paronymous .