A compound sentence consists of two independent clause joined with a coordinating conjunction.Examples:I want to eat the chocolate cake, but the birthday celebrant hasn’t blowed the candle yet.Kaylie wants vanilla ice cream and Harvey wants ube ice cream.She can choose to go home or she can stay until midnight.A complex sentence consists of one independent clause and one dependent clause joined with a subordinating conjunction.Examples:While my boyfriend is at work, I am busy making dinner.She still loves him, even if he hurt her so bad.Rain decided to quit the band because he doesn’t like what he’s doing anymore.