Adverbial vs. Conjunction — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Adverbial and Conjunction
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Adverbial
In grammar, an adverbial (abbreviated adv) is a word (an adverb) or a group of words (an adverbial clause or adverbial phrase) that modifies or more closely defines the sentence or the verb. (The word adverbial itself is also used as an adjective, meaning "having the same function as an adverb".) Look at the examples below: Danny speaks fluently.
Conjunction
The act of joining.
Adverbial
A word or phrase functioning as a major clause constituent and typically expressing place (in the garden), time (in May), or manner (in a strange way).
Conjunction
The state of being joined.
Adverbial
Relating to or functioning as an adverb or adverbial.
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Conjunction
A joint or simultaneous occurrence; concurrence
The conjunction of historical and economic forces that created a depression.
Adverbial
Of, relating to, or being an adverb.
Conjunction
One resulting from or embodying a union; a combination
"He is, in fact, a remarkable conjunction of talents" (Jerry Adler).
Adverbial
An adverbial element or phrase.
Conjunction
The part of speech that serves to connect words, phrases, clauses, or sentences.
Adverbial
(grammar) Of or relating to an adverb.
Conjunction
Any of the words belonging to this part of speech, such as and, but, as, and because.
Adverbial
(grammar) An adverbial word or phrase.
Conjunction
(Astronomy) The position of two celestial objects when they have the same celestial longitude. As viewed from Earth, two objects in conjunction will appear to be close to each other in the sky.
Adverbial
Of or pertaining to an adverb; of the nature of an adverb; as, an adverbial phrase or form.
Conjunction
A compound proposition that has components joined by the word and or its symbol and is true only if both or all the components are true.
Adverbial
A word or group of words function as an adverb
Conjunction
The relationship between the components of a conjunction.
Adverbial
Of or relating to or functioning as an adverb;
Adverbial syntax
Conjunction
The act of joining, or condition of being joined.
Conjunction
(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.
Conjunction
Cooccurrence; coincidence.
Conjunction
(astronomy) The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth.
Conjunction
(astrology) An aspect in which planets are in close proximity to one another.
Conjunction
(logic) The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the ∧ () operator.
Conjunction
A place where multiple things meet
Conjunction
(obsolete) Sexual intercourse.
Conjunction
The act of conjoining, or the state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league.
He will unite the white rose and the red:Smille heaven upon his fair conjunction.
Man can effect no great matter by his personal strength but as he acts in society and conjunction with others.
Conjunction
A connective or connecting word; an indeclinable word which serves to join together sentences, clauses of a sentence, or words; as, and, but, if.
Though all conjunctions conjoin sentences, yet, with respect to the sense, some are conjunctive and some disjunctive.
Conjunction
The temporal property of two things happening at the same time;
The interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable
Conjunction
The state of being joined together
Conjunction
An uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
Conjunction
The grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction
Conjunction
(astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac
Conjunction
Something that joins or connects
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