Phrase VS compound word

Here are some phrases: under the table; the large man sitting over there; have been eating. None of them are compound words.

Here are some compound words: fireplace; wastebasket; forget-me-not. None of them are phrases.

Your example 'the large man sitting over there' is a clause and not a phrase because while a clause contains verbs phrases do not. Correct me if I'm wrong.

It is a noun phrase containing a post-modifying nonfinite clause. If you cannot tell a phrase from a compound noun, then please don't attempt to correct my language.

One example would be

blackbird ( a type of bird)

black bird (a bird that is black)

The first is a compound word, the second is a phrase.

what about open compound word, e.g. real estate, full moon, post office.

what about open compound word, e.g. real estate, full moon, post office. -- What about it? What is your question?

"... What about it? What is your question? ..."

Maybe they are querying a previous post regarding the statement that "black bird" is a phrase, not a compound, where as "blackbird" is a compound ... and completely ommiting the concept/existince of Open/Separated Compounds.

Does that Answer Your Question?

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So "black bird" is an "open compound", a "phrase", or both?!!!

It's just a noun phrase: adjective + noun, color + object.

It's actually a gerund phrase