Conjugation vs. Declension
Conjugationnoun
The coming together of things; union.
Conjugationnoun
(biology) The temporary fusion of organisms, especially as part of sexual reproduction
Conjugationnoun
Sexual relations within marriage
Conjugationnoun
(grammar) In some languages, one of several classifications of verbs according to what inflections they take.
Conjugationnoun
(grammar) The act of conjugating a verb.
Conjugationnoun
(grammar) The conjugated forms of a verb.
Conjugationnoun
(chemistry) A system of delocalized orbitals consisting of alternating single bonds and double bonds
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 act of uniting or combining; union; assemblage.
Conjugationnoun
Two things conjoined; a pair; a couple.
Conjugationnoun
The act of conjugating a verb or giving in order its various parts and inflections.
Conjugationnoun
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.
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;
Conjugationnoun
the act of making or becoming a single unit;
Declensionnoun
A falling off, decay or descent.
Declensionnoun
(grammar) The act of declining a word; the act of listing the inflections of a noun, pronoun or adjective in order.
Declensionnoun
(grammar) A way of categorizing nouns, pronouns, or adjectives according to the inflections they receive.
Declensionnoun
The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope.
Declensionnoun
A falling off towards a worse state; a downward tendency; deterioration; decay; as, the declension of virtue, of science, of a state, etc.
Declensionnoun
Act of courteously refusing; act of declining; a declinature; refusal; as, the declension of a nomination.
Declensionnoun
Inflection of nouns, adjectives, etc., according to the grammatical cases.
Declensionnoun
the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages
Declensionnoun
process of changing to an inferior state
Declensionnoun
a downward slope or bend
Declensionnoun
a class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms;
Declension
In linguistics, declension is the changing of the form of a word, generally to express its syntactic function in the sentence, by way of some inflection. The inflectional change of verbs is called conjugation.
