what is the defference btwn phrase and clause ? Answer details with example.

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A phrase is a collection of words that may have nouns or verbals, but it does not have a subject doing something.

Eg. 1. Once a week

2. Leaving behing the dog,

3. Smashing into the fence

A clause is a collecton of words that has a subject actively doing something.

1. Since she laughs at so many kids

2.The saints go marching in

3. She smiled at him