Parts of Speech vs. Parts of a Sentence

What is the diffference between a part of speech and a part of a sentence?

A part of speech is a specific category that is assigned to a set of words that have the same grammatical function. A part of a sentence can consist of one or more parts of speech to construct additional components of language.

Examples of the Parts of Speech and the Parts of a Sentence

Some examples of the parts of speech would be the following:

Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjections

Some examples of the parts of a sentece would be the following:

Subject, Predicate, Direct Object, Indirect Object, Objective Complements, Subject Complements, Phrases, Clauses, Verbals, Prepositional Phrases, Object of the Preposition

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