Conjugation vs. Declension

Conjugation vs. Declension — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Conjugation and Declension

Conjugationnoun

The coming together of things; union.

Declensionnoun

A falling off, decay or descent.

Conjugationnoun

(biology) The temporary fusion of organisms, especially as part of sexual reproduction

Declensionnoun

(grammar) The act of declining a word; the act of listing the inflections of a noun, pronoun or adjective in order.

Conjugationnoun

Sexual relations within marriage

Declensionnoun

(grammar) A way of categorizing nouns, pronouns, or adjectives according to the inflections they receive.

In Latin, 'amicus' belongs to the second declension. Most second-declension nouns end in '-i' in the genitive singular and '-um' in the accusative singular.
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Conjugationnoun

(grammar) In some languages, one of several classifications of verbs according to what inflections they take.

Declensionnoun

the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages

Conjugationnoun

(grammar) The act of conjugating a verb.

Declensionnoun

process of changing to an inferior state

Conjugationnoun

(grammar) The conjugated forms of a verb.

Declensionnoun

a downward slope or bend

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Conjugationnoun

(chemistry) A system of delocalized orbitals consisting of alternating single bonds and double bonds

Declensionnoun

a class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms;

the first declension in Latin

Conjugationnoun

(mathematics) A mapping sending x to gxg-1, where g and x are elements of a group; inner automorphism

Conjugationnoun

(mathematics) A function which negates the non-real part of a complex or hypercomplex number; complex conjugation

Conjugationnoun

the state of being joined together

Conjugationnoun

the inflection of verbs

Conjugationnoun

the complete set of inflected forms of a verb

Conjugationnoun

a class of verbs having the same inflectional forms

Conjugationnoun

the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes;

the casual couplings of adolescentsthe mating of some species occurs only in the spring

Conjugationnoun

the act of making or becoming a single unit;

the union of opposing factionshe looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays