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Conjugate vs Binding - What's the difference?

conjugate | binding |

As verbs the difference between conjugate and binding

is that conjugate is (grammar|transitive) to inflect (a verb) for each person, in order, for one or more tenses while binding is .

As nouns the difference between conjugate and binding

is that conjugate is any entity formed by joining two or more smaller entities together while binding is an item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together.

As adjectives the difference between conjugate and binding

is that conjugate is united in pairs; yoked together; coupled while binding is assigning something that one will be held to.

conjugate

English

Verb

(conjugat)
  • (grammar) To inflect (a verb) for each person, in order, for one or more tenses.
    • In English, the verb 'to be' is conjugated as follows: 'I am', 'you are', 'he/she/it is', 'we are', 'you are', 'they are'.
  • (rare) To join together, unite; to juxtapose.
  • *2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 55:
  • *:The effects of hunger were often conjugated with epidemic disease.
  • (biology) To reproduce sexually as do some bacteria and algae, by exchanging or transferring DNA.

    • Hypernyms

    * inflect

    Related terms

    * conjugable * conjugatable * conjugation * conjugator

    See also

    * decline

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any entity formed by joining two or more smaller entities together.
  • (mathematics) (of a complex number ) A complex conjugate.
  • (mathematics) More generally, any of a set of irrational or complex numbers that are zeros of the same polynomial with integral coefficients.
  • (mathematics) An explementary angle.
  • (grammar) A word agreeing in derivation with another word, and therefore generally resembling it in meaning.
  • * Archbishop Bramhall
    • We have learned, in logic, that conjugates are sometimes in name only, and not in deed.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • United in pairs; yoked together; coupled.
  • (botany) In single pairs; coupled.
  • (chemistry) Containing two or more radicals supposed to act the part of a single one.
  • (grammar) Agreeing in derivation and radical signification; said of words.
  • (math) Presenting themselves simultaneously and having reciprocal properties; said of quantities, points, lines, axes, curves, etc.

    • binding

    English

    (wikipedia binding)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Assigning something that one will be held to.
    • This contract is a legally binding agreement.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together.
  • The spine of a book where the pages are held together.
  • (sewing) A finishing on a seam or hem of a garment
  • (programming) The association of a named item with an element of a program.

    • Derived terms

    * adapter binding * data binding * dynamic binding * early binding * key binding * late binding * static binding

    Verb

    (head)
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