Difference between Phrasal and Expression

What is the difference between Phrasal and Expression?

Phrasal as an adjective is referring to, or used in the manner of, a phrase. while Expression as a noun is a particular way of phrasing an idea.

Phrasal

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Referring to, or used in the manner of, a phrase. Being a phrase.

Expression

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A particular way of phrasing an idea.A colloquialism or idiom.A facial appearance usually associated with an emotion.An arrangement of symbols denoting values, operations performed on them, and grouping symbols.The process of translating a gene into a protein.A piece of code in a high-level language that returns a value.Of a mother, the process of expressing milk.

Example sentence: 'No comment' is a splendid expression. I am using it again and again.

We hope you now know whether to use Phrasal or Expression in your sentence.

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