Conjugation vs. Declension
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.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
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 LatinConjugationnoun
(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 springConjugationnoun
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
