Conjugation vs. Declension: What's the Difference?

Conjugation and Declension Definitions
Conjugation
The act of conjugating.
Declension
In certain languages, the inflection of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives with respect to categories such as case, number, and gender.
Conjugation
The state of being conjugated.
Declension
A class of words of one language with the same or a similar system of inflections, such as the first declension in Latin.
Conjugation
The inflection of a particular verb.
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Declension
A descending slope; a descent.
Conjugation
A presentation of the complete set of inflected forms of a verb.
Declension
A decline or decrease; deterioration
"States and empires have their periods of declension" (Laurence Sterne).
Conjugation
A class of verbs having similar inflected forms.
Declension
A deviation, as from a standard or practice.
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Conjugation
The temporary union of two bacterial cells during which one cell transfers part or all of its genome to the other.
Declension
A falling off, decay or descent.
Conjugation
A process of sexual reproduction in which ciliate protozoans of the same species temporarily couple and exchange genetic material.
Declension
(grammar) The act of declining a word; the act of listing the inflections of a noun, pronoun or adjective in order.
Conjugation
A process of sexual reproduction in certain algae and fungi in which temporary or permanent fusion occurs, resulting in the union of the male and female gametes.
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Declension
(grammar) The product of that act; a list of declined forms.
A page full of declensions
Conjugation
The coming together of things; union.
Declension
(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.
Conjugation
(biology) The temporary fusion of organisms, especially as part of sexual reproduction
Declension
The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope.
The declension of the land from that place to the sea.
Conjugation
Sexual relations within marriage
Declension
A falling off towards a worse state; a downward tendency; deterioration; decay; as, the declension of virtue, of science, of a state, etc.
Seduced the pitch and height of all his thoughtsTo base declension.
Conjugation
(grammar) In some languages, one of several classifications of verbs according to what inflections they take.
Declension
Act of courteously refusing; act of declining; a declinature; refusal; as, the declension of a nomination.
Conjugation
(grammar) The act or process of conjugating a verb.
Declension
Inflection of nouns, adjectives, etc., according to the grammatical cases.
Conjugation
(grammar) The product of that act: the conjugated forms of a verb, collected into a list or recitation.
Principal parts
Declension
The inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages
Conjugation
(chemistry) A system of delocalized orbitals consisting of alternating single bonds and double bonds
Declension
Process of changing to an inferior state
Conjugation
(mathematics) A mapping sending x to gxg-1, where g and x are elements of a group; inner automorphism
Declension
A downward slope or bend
Conjugation
(mathematics) A function which negates the non-real part of a complex or hypercomplex number; complex conjugation
Declension
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
Conjugation
The act of uniting or combining; union; assemblage.
Mixtures and conjugations of atoms.
Conjugation
Two things conjoined; a pair; a couple.
The sixth conjugations or pair of nerves.
Conjugation
The act of conjugating a verb or giving in order its various parts and inflections.
Conjugation
A kind of sexual union; - applied to a blending of the contents of two or more cells or individuals in some plants and lower animals, by which new spores or germs are developed.
Conjugation
The state of being joined together
Conjugation
The inflection of verbs
Conjugation
The complete set of inflected forms of a verb
Conjugation
A class of verbs having the same inflectional forms
Conjugation
The act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes;
The casual couplings of adolescents
The mating of some species occurs only in the spring
Conjugation
The act of making or becoming a single unit;
The union of opposing factions
He looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays