Article vs. Preposition

Article vs. Preposition — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Article and Preposition

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

Prepositionnoun

Any of a class of non-inflecting words typically employed to connect a following noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word: a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word.

Articlenoun

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

Prepositionnoun

(obsolete) A proposition; an exposition; a discourse.

Articlenoun

A member of a group or class.

an article of clothing

Prepositionverb

To place in a location before some other event occurs.

It is important to preposition the material before turning on the machine.
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Articlenoun

An object.

a sales article

Prepositionnoun

a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word

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).

Prepositionnoun

(linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix before the base to which it is attached)

Articlenoun

A section of a legal document, bylaws, etc.

Articlenoun

(derogatory) A person.

A genuine article.A shrewd article.
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Articlenoun

(archaic) A wench.

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

Articlenoun

(dated) Subject matter; concern.

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

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