Clause vs. Article

Clausenoun

(grammar) A verb, its necessary grammatical arguments, and any adjuncts affecting them.

Articlenoun

A part or segment of something joined to other parts, or, in combination, forming a structured set.

‘Each of the chelicerae is composed of two articles, forming a powerful pincer.’; ‘The Articles of War are a set of regulations...to govern the conduct of...military...forces’;

Clausenoun

(grammar) A verb along with its subject and their modifiers. If a clause provides a complete thought on its own, then it is an independent (superordinate) clause; otherwise, it is (subordinate) dependent.

Articlenoun

A story, report, or opinion piece in a newspaper, magazine, journal, etc.

Clausenoun

(legal) A separate part of a contract, a will or another legal document.

Articlenoun

A member of a group or class.

‘an article of clothing’;

Clauseverb

To amend (a bill of lading or similar document).

Articlenoun

An object.

‘a sales article’;

Clausenoun

A separate portion of a written paper, paragraph, or sentence; an article, stipulation, or proviso, in a legal document.

‘The usual attestation clause to a will.’;

Articlenoun

(grammar) A part of speech that indicates, specifies and limits a noun (a, an, or the in English). In some languages the article may appear as an ending (e.g. definite article in Swedish) or there may be none (e.g. Russian, Pashto).

Clausenoun

A subordinate portion or a subdivision of a sentence containing a subject and its predicate.

Articlenoun

A section of a legal document, bylaws, etc.

Clausenoun

See Letters clause or Letters close, under Letter.

Articlenoun

(derogatory) A person.

‘A genuine article.’; ‘A shrewd article.’;

Clausenoun

(grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence

Articlenoun

(archaic) A wench.

‘She's a prime article (whip slang), she's a devilish good piece, a hell of a goer.’;

Clausenoun

a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)

Articlenoun

(dated) Subject matter; concern.

Clause

In language, a clause is a constituent that links a semantic predicand (expressed or not) and a semantic predicate. A typical clause consists of a subject and a syntactic predicate, the latter typically a verb phrase, a verb with any objects and other modifiers.

Articlenoun

(dated) A distinct part.

Articlenoun

(obsolete) A precise point in time; a moment.

Articleverb

(transitive) To bind by articles of apprenticeship.

‘to article an apprentice to a mechanic’;

Articleverb

(obsolete) To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles or accusations.

Articleverb

To formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars.

Articlenoun

A distinct portion of an instrument, discourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more particulars, or treating of various topics; as, an article in the Constitution. Hence: A clause in a contract, system of regulations, treaty, or the like; a term, condition, or stipulation in a contract; a concise statement; as, articles of agreement.

Articlenoun

A literary composition, forming an independent portion of a magazine, newspaper, or cyclopedia.

Articlenoun

Subject; matter; concern; distinct.

‘A very great revolution that happened in this article of good breeding.’; ‘This last article will hardly be believed.’;

Articlenoun

A distinct part.

‘The articles which compose the blood.’;

Articlenoun

A particular one of various things; as, an article of merchandise; salt is a necessary article.

‘They would fight not for articles of faith, but for articles of food.’;

Articlenoun

Precise point of time; moment.

‘This fatal news coming to Hick's Hall upon the article of my Lord Russell's trial, was said to have had no little influence on the jury and all the bench to his prejudice.’;

Articlenoun

One of the three words, a, an, the, used before nouns to limit or define their application. A (or an) is called the indefinite article, the the definite article.

Articlenoun

One of the segments of an articulated appendage.

Articleverb

To formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars.

‘If all his errors and follies were articled against him, the man would seem vicious and miserable.’;

Articleverb

To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles.

‘He shall be articled against in the high court of admiralty.’;

Articleverb

To bind by articles of covenant or stipulation; as, to article an apprentice to a mechanic.

Articleverb

To agree by articles; to stipulate; to bargain; to covenant.

‘Then he articled with her that he should go away when he pleased.’;

Articlenoun

nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication

Articlenoun

one of a class of artifacts;

‘an article of clothing’;

Articlenoun

a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)

Articlenoun

(grammar) a determiner that may indicate the specificity of reference of a noun phrase

Articleverb

bind by a contract; especially for a training period

Articlenoun

a particular item or object

‘small household articles’; ‘articles of clothing’;

Articlenoun

a piece of writing included with others in a newspaper, magazine, or other publication

‘an article about middle-aged executives’;

Articlenoun

a separate clause or paragraph of a legal document or agreement, typically one outlining a single rule or regulation

‘it is an offence under Article 7 of the Treaty’;

Articlenoun

a period of training with a firm as a solicitor, architect, surveyor, or accountant

‘it may be worth taking articles in a specialized firm’; ‘he is already in articles’;

Articlenoun

the terms on which crew members take service on a ship.

Articlenoun

the definite or indefinite article.

Articleverb

bind (a trainee solicitor, architect, surveyor, or accountant) to undergo a period of training with a firm in order to become qualified

‘he was articled to a firm of solicitors in York’;