Clause vs. Predicate — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Clause and Predicate
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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.
Predicate
To base or establish (a statement or action, for example)
I predicated my argument on the facts.
Clause
(Grammar) A group of words containing a subject and a predicate and forming part of a compound or complex sentence.
Predicate
To state or affirm as an attribute or quality of something
The sermon predicated the perfectibility of humankind.
Clause
A distinct article, stipulation, or provision in a document.
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Predicate
To carry the connotation of; imply.
Clause
(grammar) A verb, its necessary grammatical arguments, and any adjuncts affecting them.
Predicate
(Logic) To make (a term or expression) the predicate of a proposition.
Clause
(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.
Predicate
To proclaim or assert; declare.
Clause
(legal) A separate part of a contract, a will or another legal document.
Predicate
To make a statement or assertion.
Clause
To amend (a bill of lading or similar document).
Predicate
(Grammar) One of the two main constituents of a sentence or clause, modifying the subject and including the verb, objects, or phrases governed by the verb, as opened the door in Jane opened the door or is very sleepy in The child is very sleepy.
Clause
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.
Predicate
(Logic) That part of a proposition that is affirmed or denied about the subject. For example, in the proposition We are mortal, mortal is the predicate.
Clause
A subordinate portion or a subdivision of a sentence containing a subject and its predicate.
Predicate
(Grammar) Of or belonging to the predicate of a sentence or clause.
Clause
See Letters clause or Letters close, under Letter.
Predicate
Stated or asserted; predicated.
Clause
(grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
Predicate
(grammar) The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by.
Clause
A separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)
Predicate
(logic) A term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false depending on whether the thing referred to by the values of the statement's variables has the property signified by that (predicative) term.
A propositional variable may be treated as a nullary predicate.
A predicate is either valid, satisfiable, or unsatisfiable.
Predicate
(computing) An operator or function that returns either true or false.
Predicate
(grammar) Of or related to the predicate of a sentence or clause.
Predicate
Predicated, stated.
Predicate
(law) Relating to or being any of a series of criminal acts upon which prosecution for racketeering may be predicated.
Predicate
(transitive) To announce, assert, or proclaim publicly.
Predicate
(transitive) To assume or suppose; to infer.
Predicate
To base (on); to assert on the grounds of.
Predicate
To make a term (or expression) the predicate of a statement.
Predicate
To assert or state as an attribute or quality of something.
Predicate
To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow.
Predicate
To found; to base.
Predicate
To affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation.
Predicate
That which is affirmed or denied of the subject. In these propositions, "Paper is white," "Ink is not white," whiteness is the predicate affirmed of paper and denied of ink.
Predicate
The word or words in a proposition which express what is affirmed of the subject.
Predicate
Predicated.
Predicate
(logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula;
`Socrates is a man' predicates manhood of Socrates
Predicate
One of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements
Predicate
Make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition;
The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog'
Predicate
Affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of;
The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President
Predicate
Involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic;
Solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well
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