different between conjunction vs conspiracy

English

Etymology

From Old French conjonction, from Latin coni?ncti? (“joining”), from coniungere (“to join”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?d???k??n/
• Hyphenation: con?junc?tion
• Rhymes: -??k??n

Noun

conjunction (countable and uncountable, plural conjunctions)

1. The act of joining, or condition of being joined.

   Synonyms: connection, union

2. (grammar) A word used to join other words or phrases together into sentences. The specific conjunction used shows how the two joined parts are related.
3. (astronomy) The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth.

   Hyponyms: grand conjunction, great conjunction, inferior conjunction, superior conjunction, topocentric conjunction

4. (astrology) An aspect in which planets are in close proximity to one another.
5. (logic) The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the ? (${\displaystyle \land }$) operator.

   Coordinate term: disjunction

   Meronyms: conjunct, logical connective

6. (obsolete) Sexual intercourse.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:copulation

Related terms

• conjugate
• conjunctive normal form
• conjunctive

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Further reading

• conjunction on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From Middle English conspiracie, from Anglo-Norman conspiracie, from Latin c?nsp?r?ti?. Doublet of conspiration.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?sp???si/

Noun

conspiracy (countable and uncountable, plural conspiracies)

1. The act of two or more persons, called conspirators, working secretly to obtain some goal, usually understood with negative connotations.
2. (law) An agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future.
3. A group of ravens.
4. A group of lemurs.
5. (linguistics) A situation in which different phonological or grammatical rules lead to similar or related outcomes.
6. (by ellipsis) A conspiracy theory; a hypothesis alleging conspiracy.
   • 2008, Edward Snajdr, Nature Protests: The End of Ecology in Slovakia, University of Washington Press, ?ISBN, page 176:

     Rather than propagating conspiracies about the evils of wealthy Jewry, they beat up poor Roma in back alleys.

   • 2018, Rita Santos, The Deep State, Greenhaven Publishing, ?ISBN, page 99:

     The internet helps spread conspiracies, but it can also be used to verify claims made by politicians and the media.

Derived terms

• conspiracy of silence
• conspiracy theory

Related terms

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Verb

conspiracy (third-person singular simple present conspiracies, present participle conspiracying, simple past and past participle conspiracied)

1. (rare, proscribed) To conspire.