Relative clauses are non-essential parts of a sentence.

They may add meaning, but if they are

removed, the sentence will still function grammatically. We use defining relative clauses to give
essential information about someone or something – information that we need in order to
understand what or who is being referred to.
Eg: They should give the money to somebody who they think needs the treatment most.
Appositive/apposition clause means a finite or non-finite clause that modifies a noun, where the
clause and the noun have the same referent. This is an example of apposition from your book:
Your statement that you found the money in the street will not be believed.
The noun phrase of an appositive clause must be an abstract noun such as fact, idea, reply,
answer, appeal, promise, statement, etc. Only such nouns can be restated and thus specified by
an appositive clause.