Is there any difference between phrase and fragment?

Answer 1

PHRASE is an expression (can be a single word, but usually more) which contains a single thought but is not necessarily a complete sentence. Words make up phrases; phrases make up sentences. By some definitions, a phrase cannot contain a verb.

For example, in the sentence "The cat sleeps on the sofa", the word "on" is a preposition, introducing the prepositional phrase "on the sofa".

A SENTENCE FRAGMENT fails to be a sentence in the sense that it cannot stand by itself. It does not contain even one independent clause.

ex:

In Japan, during the last war and just before the armistice.

This sentence accomplishes a great deal in terms of placing the reader in time and place, but there is no subject, no verb.

Answer 2

Yes, a phrase is a group of words without a subject-verb structure that can convey meaning, while a fragment is an incomplete sentence that does not express a complete thought. Fragments lack one of the essential elements of a sentence, such as a subject or a verb.