different between juncture vs conjunction

English

Etymology

From Latin i?nct?ra. Doublet of jointure.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d???k.t??(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d???k.t??/, /?d???k.??/

Noun

juncture (plural junctures)

1. A place where things join, a junction.
2. A critical moment in time.

   We're at a crucial juncture in our relationship.

   • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

     What a mercy you are shod with velvet, Jane! a clodhopping messenger would never do at this juncture.
3. (linguistics) The manner of moving (transition) or mode of relationship between two consecutive sounds; a suprasegmental phonemic cue, by which a listener can distinguish between two otherwise identical sequences of sounds that have different meanings.

Usage notes

In highly formal or bureaucratic language, "at this juncture" is often used to mean “now”:

Translations

Latin

Participle

j?nct?re

1. vocative masculine singular of j?nct?rus

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

Translations

Further reading

• conjunction on Wikipedia.Wikipedia