Conjugation vs. Declension: What's the Difference?

The act of conjugating.

In certain languages, the inflection of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives with respect to categories such as case, number, and gender.

The state of being conjugated.

A class of words of one language with the same or a similar system of inflections, such as the first declension in Latin.

The inflection of a particular verb.

A descending slope; a descent.

A presentation of the complete set of inflected forms of a verb.

A decline or decrease; deterioration

A class of verbs having similar inflected forms.

A deviation, as from a standard or practice.

The temporary union of two bacterial cells during which one cell transfers part or all of its genome to the other.

A falling off, decay or descent.

A process of sexual reproduction in which ciliate protozoans of the same species temporarily couple and exchange genetic material.

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

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.

(grammar) The product of that act; a list of declined forms.

The coming together of things; union.

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

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

The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope.

Sexual relations within marriage

A falling off towards a worse state; a downward tendency; deterioration; decay; as, the declension of virtue, of science, of a state, etc.

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

Act of courteously refusing; act of declining; a declinature; refusal; as, the declension of a nomination.

(grammar) The act or process of conjugating a verb.

Inflection of nouns, adjectives, etc., according to the grammatical cases.

(grammar) The product of that act: the conjugated forms of a verb, collected into a list or recitation.

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

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

Process of changing to an inferior state

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

A downward slope or bend

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

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

The act of uniting or combining; union; assemblage.

Two things conjoined; a pair; a couple.

The act of conjugating a verb or giving in order its various parts and inflections.

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.

The state of being joined together

The inflection of verbs

The complete set of inflected forms of a verb

A class of verbs having the same inflectional forms

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

The act of making or becoming a single unit;