Phrase vs. Clause

Phrasenoun

A short written or spoken expression.

Phrasenoun

(grammar) A word or group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, usually consisting of a head, or central word, and elaborating words.

Phrasenoun

(music) A small section of music in a larger piece.

Phrasenoun

(archaic) A mode or form of speech; diction; expression.

Phraseverb

(transitive) To express (an action, thought or idea) by means of particular words.

Phraseverb

To perform a passage with the correct phrasing.

Phraseverb

To divide into melodic phrases.

Phrasenoun

A brief expression, sometimes a single word, but usually two or more words forming an expression by themselves, or being a portion of a sentence; as, an adverbial phrase.

Phrasenoun

A short, pithy expression; especially, one which is often employed; a peculiar or idiomatic turn of speech; as, to err is human.

Phrasenoun

A mode or form of speech; the manner or style in which any one expreses himself; diction; expression.

Phrasenoun

A short clause or portion of a period.

Phraseverb

To express in words, or in peculiar words; to call; to style.

Phraseverb

To use proper or fine phrases.

Phraseverb

To group notes into phrases; as, he phrases well. See Phrase, n., 4.

Phrasenoun

an expression forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence but not containing a finite verb

Phrasenoun

a short musical passage

Phrasenoun

an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

Phraseverb

put into words or an expression;

Phrase

In syntax and grammar, a phrase is a group of words which act together as a grammatical unit. For instance, the English expression is a noun phrase which contains the adjective phrase .

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.