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Phrases and Clause:

Check the set of words “designed by a committee.” It makes sense, but not complete. Such a set of words, which makes sense, but not complete sense is called a Phrase.

In the following sentences, the set of words in bold are Phrases.

a) A camel is a horse designed by a committee.

b) A bus is a vehicle that runs twice as fast when you are after it as when you are in it.

c) A candidate is someone who gets money from the rich and votes from the poor to protect them from each other.

d) A city is a large community where people are lonesome together.

Check the set of words in bold in the following sentences.

a)     A Committee is a group of people who individually can do nothing, but as a group decide that nothing can be done.

b)    A computer beat me at chess once, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.

c)     An acquaintance is a person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.

We can instantly make out the first set of words as a Phrase.

The second set of words, unlike the Phrase contains a Subject ( who, it, whom) and a predicate.

Such a set of words which forms a part of a sentence, and contains a Subject and a Predicate is called a Clause.