different between conjunctive vs conjugating

English

Etymology

From Latin coniunctivus (“serving to connect”), from coniunctus, past participle of coniungere; compare conjoin. From late 15th c; grammatical sense from 1660s.

Adjective

conjunctive (not comparable)

1. (astrology, astronomy) Relating to a conjunction (appearance in the sky of two astronomical objects with the same right ascension or the same ecliptical longitude).
2. (grammar) Relating to a conjunction (part of speech).
3. (grammar) Relating to the conjunctive mood.
4. (grammar) Of a personal pronoun, used only in immediate conjunction with the verb of which the pronoun is the subject, such as French je or Irish sé
5. (grammar, of a verb) Subjunctive: inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.
6. (logic) Of or relating to logical conjunction.
7. (obsolete) Closely united.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, IV. vii. 15:

     She is so conjunctive to my life and soul / That, as the star moves not but in his sphere, / I could not but by her.

Synonyms

• (subjunctive): subjunctive

Antonyms

• (of a personal pronoun): disjunctive
• (of logical conjunction): disjunctive

Derived terms

Related terms

• conjunct
• conjunction

Translations

Noun

conjunctive (plural conjunctives)

1. (grammar) A conjunction.
2. (logic) A conjunction.

See also

• conjunctional
• conjunctiva

Latin

Adjective

conj?nct?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of conj?nct?vus

English

Verb

conjugating

1. present participle of conjugate

Noun

conjugating (plural conjugatings)

1. conjugation
   • 1893, The Atlantic (volume 72, page 430)

     Love language is self-plagiarism, the countless conjugatings of the verb “amo,” which weary not the wooer to speak nor the wooed to hear, so long as the sense of self is absorbed in the presence of the beloved.