A phrase is a short or long group of words that does not convey a complete thought. A sentence is also a group of words, but it conveys a complete thought. This is the main difference between phrase and sentence. An example of a phrase: "The hungry lion" An example of a sentence: "The hungry lion ate up the cow" .

* A phrase is a group of two or more words that do not communicate a total idea. * A sentence communicates a total idea. * A phrase does not include a subject or verb * A sentence includes a subject and verb * A phrase has meaning but can not convey a complete idea * A sentence conveys a complete idea. Examples of Phrases: the food, on the table Example of a sentence: The food is on the table

Phrases do not contain the elements of a sentence, which are the "subject" and the "predicate.

Phrases are not a full sentence. They do not contain a subject, or they do not contain a verb. So for example. “The Brown hat” is a phrase. But “The Brown hat was blowing in the wind.” Is a sentence.

Hi Rodrigue, Phrases are groups of words that act as a part of speech but cannot stand alone as a sentence. The words in a phrase act together so that the phrase itself functions as a single part of speech. So phrases can function as nouns, verbs, adjectives, or adverbs. A sentence expresses a complete thought and contains a subject (a noun or pronoun) and a predicate (a verb or verb phrase). I hope you find this helpful.