The difference between Complex sentence and Compound sentence

When used as nouns, complex sentence means a sentence that contains an independent clause as well as one or more dependent clauses, such as a relative clause, an adverbial clause, or a noun clause, whereas compound sentence means a sentence that has two or more independent clauses, joined by a conjunction (such as 'but', 'and') and/or punctuation (such as ',').


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  1. Complex sentence as a noun (grammar):

    a sentence that contains an independent clause as well as one or more dependent clauses, such as a relative clause, an adverbial clause, or a noun clause.

  1. Compound sentence as a noun (grammar):

    a sentence that has two or more independent clauses, joined by a conjunction (such as 'but', 'and') and/or punctuation (such as ',').