Clause vs. Modifier: What's the Difference?
Clause and Modifier Definitions
Clause
(Grammar) A group of words containing a subject and a predicate and forming part of a compound or complex sentence.
Modifier
A word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or word group.
Clause
A distinct article, stipulation, or provision in a document.
Modifier
One who, or that which, modifies.
Clause
(grammar) A verb, its necessary grammatical arguments, and any adjuncts affecting them.
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Modifier
(grammar) A word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or phrase.
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.
Modifier
(programming) A keyword that qualifies the meaning of other code.
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modifier makes a class member visible to subclasses, but not to external code.Clause
(legal) A separate part of a contract, a will or another legal document.
Modifier
(computing) modifier key
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Clause
To amend (a bill of lading or similar document).
Modifier
One who, or that which, modifies.
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.
Modifier
A word or phrase that modifies another word, phrase, or sentence, usually by limiting the scope or restricting the meaning of the sentence element modified.
Clause
A subordinate portion or a subdivision of a sentence containing a subject and its predicate.
Modifier
A content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
Clause
See Letters clause or Letters close, under Letter.
Modifier
A moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising
Clause
(grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
Modifier
A person who changes something;
An inveterate changer of the menu
Clause
A separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)
Modifier
A gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene