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Phrase Clause Subject Difference Collection Words Nouns Verbals

Front difference between a phrase and a clause
Back A phrase is a collection of words that may have nouns or verbals, but it does not have a subject doing a verb

*smashing into a fence
*before the first test
*after the devastation
*broken into thousands of pieces
*because of her glittering smile

A clause is phrase with a subject added

*I despise individuals of low character
* when the saints go marching in
* because she smiled at him.

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