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Append vs Adjoin - What's the difference?

append | adjoin |

In transitive terms the difference between append and adjoin

is that append is to add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex; as, notes appended to this chapter while adjoin is to be in contact or connection with.

As a noun append

is an instance of writing more data to the end of an existing file.

append

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended; as, a seal appended to a record; the inscription was appended to the column.
  • To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex; as, notes appended to this chapter.
  • (computing) To write more data to the end of a pre-existing file.
  • Derived terms

    * prepend

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing) An instance of writing more data to the end of an existing file.
  • Anagrams

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    References

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    adjoin

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To be in contact or connection with.
  • The living room and dining room adjoin each other.
  • (transitive, mathematics, chiefly, algebra, and, number theory) To extend an algebraic object (e.g. a field, a ring etc.) by adding to it (an element not belonging to it) and all finite power series of (the element).
  • \textbf{Q}\left(\sqrt{2}\right) can be obtained from \textbf{Q} by adjoining \sqrt{2} to \textbf{Q} .

    Derived terms

    * adjoining