abutment vs conjunction

abutment

noun
  • That element that shares a common boundary or surface with its neighbor. 

  • A construction that supports the ends of a bridge; a structure that anchors the cables on a suspension bridge. 

  • The part of a valley or canyon wall against which a dam is constructed. 

  • A fixed point or surface where resistance is obtained. 

  • The point of junction between two things, in particular a support, that abuts. 

  • The solid portion of a structure that supports the lateral pressure of an arch or vault. 

  • The tooth that supports a denture or bridge. 

  • Something that abuts, or on which something abuts. 

  • The state of abutting. 

conjunction

noun
  • An aspect in which planets are in close proximity to one another. 

  • A word used to join other words or phrases together into sentences. The specific conjunction used shows how the two joined parts are related. 

  • The act of joining, or condition of being joined. 

  • Cooccurrence; coincidence. 

  • The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth. 

  • The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the ∧ ( and ) operator. 

  • A place where multiple things meet 

How often have the words abutment and conjunction occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )