The difference between Compound sentence and Simple sentence

When used as nouns, 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 ','), whereas simple sentence means a sentence that contains one independent clause and no dependent clause.


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  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 ',').

  1. Simple sentence as a noun (grammar):

    A sentence that contains one independent clause and no dependent clause.