Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics
A sentence that contains at least two main clauses. Compound sentences differ from complex sentences in that they are asyndetic (
asyndeton), i.e.
joined without means of a conjunction, or are conjoined by means of either co-ordinating conjunctions or sentence adverbials (thus, however). Complex sentences, on the other hand, are connected by means of subordinating conjunctions (because, since, although), relative pronouns, etc. Compound sentences can be either copulative (=coordinating) when connected by and or disjunctive when connected by but or or ( co-ordination).
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