Phrase vs. Sentence

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 .

Sentencenoun

(dated) The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict.

Sentencenoun

The judicial order for a punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime.

Sentencenoun

A punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime.

Sentencenoun

(obsolete) A saying, especially from a great person; a maxim, an apophthegm.

Sentencenoun

(grammar) A grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate, even if one or the other is implied, and typically beginning with a capital letter and ending with a full stop.

Sentencenoun

(logic) A formula with no free variables.

Sentencenoun

(computing theory) Any of the set of strings that can be generated by a given formal grammar.

Sentencenoun

(obsolete) Sense; meaning; significance.

Sentencenoun

(obsolete) One's opinion; manner of thinking.

Sentencenoun

A pronounced opinion or judgment on a given question.

Sentenceverb

To declare a sentence on a convicted person; to doom; to condemn to punishment.

Sentenceverb

(obsolete) To decree or announce as a sentence.

Sentenceverb

(obsolete) To utter sententiously.

Sentencenoun

Sense; meaning; significance.

Sentencenoun

An opinion; a decision; a determination; a judgment, especially one of an unfavorable nature.

Sentencenoun

A philosophical or theological opinion; a dogma; as, Summary of the Sentences; Book of the Sentences.

Sentencenoun

In civil and admiralty law, the judgment of a court pronounced in a cause; in criminal and ecclesiastical courts, a judgment passed on a criminal by a court or judge; condemnation pronounced by a judicial tribunal; doom. In common law, the term is exclusively used to denote the judgment in criminal cases.

Sentencenoun

A short saying, usually containing moral instruction; a maxim; an axiom; a saw.

Sentencenoun

A combination of words which is complete as expressing a thought, and in writing is marked at the close by a period, or full point. See Proposition, 4.

Sentenceverb

To pass or pronounce judgment upon; to doom; to condemn to punishment; to prescribe the punishment of.

Sentenceverb

To decree or announce as a sentence.

Sentenceverb

To utter sententiously.

Sentencenoun

a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language;

Sentencenoun

(criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed;

Sentencenoun

the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned;

Sentenceverb

pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law;