Clause vs. Modifier

Clausenoun

(grammar) A verb, its necessary grammatical arguments, and any adjuncts affecting them.

Clausenoun

(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.

Clausenoun

(legal) A separate part of a contract, a will or another legal document.

Clauseverb

To amend (a bill of lading or similar document).

Clausenoun

A separate portion of a written paper, paragraph, or sentence; an article, stipulation, or proviso, in a legal document.

Clausenoun

A subordinate portion or a subdivision of a sentence containing a subject and its predicate.

Clausenoun

See Letters clause or Letters close, under Letter.

Clausenoun

(grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence

Clausenoun

a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)

Clause

In language, a clause is a constituent that links a semantic predicand (expressed or not) and a semantic predicate. A typical clause consists of a subject and a syntactic predicate, the latter typically a verb phrase, a verb with any objects and other modifiers.

Modifiernoun

One who, or that which, modifies.

Modifiernoun

(grammar) A word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or phrase.

Modifiernoun

(programming) A keyword that qualifies the meaning of other code.

Modifiernoun

One who, or that which, modifies.

Modifiernoun

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.

Modifiernoun

a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb

Modifiernoun

a moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising

Modifiernoun

a person who changes something;

Modifiernoun

a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene