Relative clauses and Relative Pronouns

Is it the same a relative clause and a relative Pronoun?

No, it's not the same

A relative clause is the subordinate sentence that describes or identifies a noun, and relative pronoun is the word that links two sentences together (one of the two sentences is the relative clause)to make one complex sentence.

For example:

The book is on the table. The book was written by Joyce.

I decide to link these to sentences together and create one complex sentence. It's very easy. I just have to use a relative pronoun.

There are different relative pronouns I can use.

Who: (qui) only used to identify or describe people (never objects!)

Which: (que)used to identify or describe things.

That : (que, el qual, la qual...) used to identify or describe people and things.

Where : (on) uset to identify or describe places.

So, in the example I gave above, the one complex sentence would be:

The book which is on the table was written by Joyce.

The sentence followed by which (which is on the table) is the relative clause.

Exercises to practice with relative clauses and relative pronouns