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Affix vs Bind - What's the difference?

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Affix is a related term of bind.


As nouns the difference between affix and bind

is that affix is affix while bind is that which binds or ties.

As a verb bind is

to tie; to confine by any ligature.

affix

English

(wikipedia affix)

Noun

(es)
  • That which is affixed; an appendage.
  • (linguistic morphology) A bound morpheme added to a word’s stem; formerly applied only to suffixes (also called postfixes), the term as now used comprises prefixes, suffixes, infixes, circumfixes, and suprafixes.
  • (mathematics) The complex number a+bi associated to the point in the Gauss Plane with coordinates (a,b).

    • Antonyms

    * nonaffix

    Hyponyms

    * (affixes)

    Coordinate terms

    * clitic

    Verb

    (es)
  • To attach.
  • * Ray
    • Should they [caterpillars] affix them to the leaves of a plant improper for their food
    to affix''' a stigma to a person; to '''affix ridicule or blame to somebody
  • To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to.
    • to affix''' a syllable to a word; to '''affix''' a seal to an instrument; to '''affix one's name to a writing
  • To fix or fasten figuratively; with on'' or ''upon .
    • eyes affixed upon the ground
    (Spenser)

    bind

    English

    Verb

  • To tie; to confine by any ligature.
  • * (rfdate) (Shakespeare)
    • They that reap must sheaf and bind .
  • To cohere or stick together in a mass.
    • ''Just to make the cheese more binding
  • * (rfdate) (Mortimer)
    • clay binds by heat.
  • To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
    • I wish I knew why the sewing machine binds up after I use it for a while.
  • To exert a binding or restraining influence.
    • These are the ties that bind .
  • To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
    • to bind''' grain in bundles; to '''bind a prisoner.
  • To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind.
    • Gravity binds the planets to the sun.
    Frost binds the earth.
  • * (rfdate) Job xxviii. 11.
    • He bindeth the floods from overflowing.
  • * (rfdate) Luke xiii. 16.
    • Whom Satan hath bound , lo, these eighteen years.
  • To couple.
  • (figuratively) To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other social tie.
    • to bind''' the conscience; to '''bind''' by kindness; '''bound''' by affection; commerce '''binds nations to each other.
  • * (rfdate) (Milton)
    • Who made our laws to bind us, not himself.
  • (legal) To put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or covenant.
  • (legal) To place under legal obligation to serve.
    • to bind''' an apprentice; '''bound out to service
  • To protect or strengthen by applying a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.
  • (archaic) To make fast (a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something.
    • to bind a belt about one
    to bind a compress upon a wound.
  • (archaic) To cover, as with a bandage.
    • to bind up a wound.
  • (archaic) To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action.
    • certain drugs bind the bowels.
  • To put together in a cover, as of books.
    • The three novels were bound together.
  • (computing) To associate an identifier with a value; to associate a variable name, method name, etc. with the content of a storage location.
  • * 2008 , Bryan O'Sullivan, John Goerzen, Donald Bruce Stewart, Real World Haskell (page 33)
    • We bind the variable n to the value 2, and xs to "abcd".
  • * 2009 , Robert Pickering, Beginning F# (page 123)
    • You can bind an identifier to an object of a derived type, as you did earlier when you bound a string to an identifier of type obj

    Synonyms

    * fetter, make fast, tie, fasten, restrain * bandage, dress * restrain, restrict, obligate * * indenture

    Derived terms

    * bind over - to put under bonds to do something, as to appear at court, to keep the peace, etc. * bind to - to contract; as, to bind one's self to a wife. * bind up in - to cause to be wholly engrossed with; to absorb in.

    Derived terms

    * bindweed

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which binds or ties.
  • A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary.
  • Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine.
  • (music) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
  • (chess) A strong grip or stranglehold on a position that is difficult for the opponent to break.
    • the Maróczy Bind

    Synonyms

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    References

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    Anagrams

    * English irregular verbs ----