Clause vs. Article — What's the Difference?

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.

A particular item or object

(Grammar) A group of words containing a subject and a predicate and forming part of a compound or complex sentence.

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

A distinct article, stipulation, or provision in a document.

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

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

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

(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.

The definite or indefinite article.

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

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

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

An individual thing or element of a class; a particular object or item

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

A particular section or item of a series in a written document, as in a contract, constitution, or treaty.

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

A nonfictional literary composition that forms an independent part of a publication, as of a newspaper or magazine.

See Letters clause or Letters close, under Letter.

The part of speech used to indicate nouns and to specify their application.

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

Any of the words belonging to this part of speech. In English, the indefinite articles are a and an and the definite article is the.

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

A particular part or subject; a specific matter or point.

To bind by articles set forth in a contract, such as one of apprenticeship.

A piece of nonfictional writing such as a story, report, opinion piece, or entry in a newspaper, magazine, journal, dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.

An object, a member of a group or class.

(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).

A section of a legal document, bylaws, etc. or, in the plural, the entire document seen as a collection of these.

A genuine article.

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

A person; an individual.

(archaic) A wench.

(dated) Subject matter; concern.

(dated) A distinct part.

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

(transitive) To bind by articles of apprenticeship.

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

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

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.

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

Subject; matter; concern; distinct.

A distinct part.

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

Precise point of time; moment.

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.

One of the segments of an articulated appendage.

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

To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles.

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

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

Nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication

One of a class of artifacts;

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

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

Bind by a contract; especially for a training period