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Adhered vs Connected - What's the difference?

adhered | connected |

As verbs the difference between adhered and connected

is that adhered is past tense of adhere while connected is past tense of connect.

As an adjective connected is

(usually with "well-"): Having favorable rapport with a powerful entity.

adhered

English

Verb

(head)
  • (adhere)

    • Anagrams

    *

    adhere

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Verb

    (adher)
  • To stick fast or , as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura.
  • To hold, be attached, or devoted; to remain fixed, either by personal union or conformity of faith, principle, or opinion; as, men adhere to a party, a cause, a leader, a church.
  • To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree.

    • Related terms

    * adherent * adherence * adhesive * cohere * inhere

    Antonyms

    * cleave

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    connected

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (usually with "well-"): Having favorable rapport with a powerful entity.
  • (mathematics, topology, of a topological space) That cannot be partitioned into two nonempty open sets.
  • (mathematics, graph theory, of a directed graph) Having a path, either directed]] or undirected, connecting every pair of [[vertex, vertices.

    • Antonyms

    * disconnected

    Verb

    (head)
  • (connect)