Join vs Belong - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between join and belong

is that join is to combine more than one item into one; to put together while belong is to have its proper place.

As a noun join

is an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect.

As a preposition belong is

of, belonging to.

join

English

Verb

(en verb)

To combine more than one item into one; to put together.

To come together; to meet.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

Nature and fortune joined to make thee great.

To come into the company of.

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To become a member of.

* , chapter=22

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(computing, databases, transitive) To produce an intersection of data in two or more database tables.

To unite in marriage.

* (John Wycliffe) (1320-1384)

he that joineth his virgin in matrimony

* Bible, (w) xix. 6

What, therefore, God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

(obsolete, rare) To enjoin upon; to command.

* (William Tyndale) (1494-1536)

They join them penance, as they call it.

To accept, or engage in, as a contest.

(Milton)

Synonyms

* (to combine more than one item into one) bewed, connect, fay, unite

Noun

(en noun)

An intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect.

(computing, databases) An intersection of data in two or more database tables.

(algebra) The lowest upper bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol .

Antonyms

* (lowest upper bound) meet

Derived terms

* antijoin * autojoin * cross join * equijoin * explicit join * implicit join * inner join * left join * natural join * outer join * right join * semijoin * theta join

belong

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) belongen, from .

Verb

(en verb)

(label) To have its proper place.

# (label) To be accepted in a group.

# To be a part of a group.

To be part of, or the property of.

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To be the spouse or partner of. (rfex)

(followed by'' to''') To be an element of (a set). The symbol $\in$ means '''''belongs to .

To be deserved by.

* (rfdate) (Ben Jonson)

More evils belong us than happen to us.

Derived terms

* belonging * belongingness

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Etymology 2

Compare Kriol blanga'', Bislama ''blong'', Tok Pisin ''bilong'', and Torres Strait Creole ''blong .

Alternative forms

* blung * , belonga, blonga

Preposition

(English prepositions)

Of, belonging to.

* 1915, E. R. Masson, Untamed Territory

Jim Campbell, Charlie, Dick, ... Fred, lubra b’longa him, me, thass all.

* 1936, M. & E. Durack, Chunuma

By an’ bye ’im grow ’m up make ’m good fella stockman b’longta you.

* 1977, N. Kolig, Playing Alonga Mud

Those who had persevered with the course and had acquired some skill were now almost deferentially called ‘Maban (expert) belonga clay’.

* 1986, Kowanyama News, Dec.

Them two bin help’m too, and that father blung to this one old Frank.

* 1986, B. Shaw, Countrymen

There’s the bloke that’s kill that feller, uncle belong you an me.

* 1991, D. B. Rose, Hidden Histories

Get that fire [wood] stacked up like that tree there, that high ... It wasn’t wood belong to that fire pile. Might be for station, or somebody else, you know.