Bound vs Associated - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between bound and associated

is that bound is past tense of bind while associated is past tense of associate.

As an adjective bound

is obliged (to).

As a noun bound

is a boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.

bound

English

Alternative forms

* bownd (archaic)

Etymology 1

See bind

Verb

(head)

(bind)

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''I bound the splint to my leg.

''I had bound the splint with duct tape.

Adjective

(-)

(with infinitive) Obliged (to).

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, title= , chapter=5 citation , passage=Then I had a good think on the subject of the hocussing of Cigarette, and I was reluctantly bound to admit that once again the man in the corner had found the only possible solution to the mystery.}}

(with infinitive) Very likely (to).

* , chapter=5

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose. And the queerer the cure for those ailings the bigger the attraction. A place like the Right Livers' Rest was bound to draw freaks, same as molasses draws flies.}}

(linguistics, of a morpheme) That cannot stand alone as a free word.

(mathematics, logic, of a variable) Constrained by a quantifier.

(dated) constipated; costive

Antonyms

* free

Derived terms

* bound to * I'll be bound

Etymology 2

From (etyl) bounde, from (etyl) bunne, from

Noun

(en noun)

(often, used in plural) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.

I reached the northern bound of my property, took a deep breath and walked on.

Somewhere within these bounds you may find a buried treasure.

(mathematics) a value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values

Derived terms

* boundary * boundless * harmonic bounding * least upper bound * lower bound * metes and bounds * out of bounds * upper bound * within bounds

Verb

(en verb)

To surround a territory or other geographical entity.

''France, Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra bound Spain.

''Kansas is bounded by Nebraska on the north, Missouri on the east, Oklahoma on the south and Colorado on the west.

(mathematics) To be the boundary of.

Derived terms

* unbound * unbounded

Etymology 3

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

A sizeable jump, great leap.

''The deer crossed the stream in a single bound .

A spring from one foot to the other in dancing.

(dated) A bounce; a rebound.

the bound of a ball

(Johnson)

Derived terms

* by leaps and bounds

Verb

(en verb)

To leap, move by jumping.

''The rabbit bounded down the lane.

To cause to leap.

to bound a horse

(Shakespeare)

(dated) To rebound; to bounce.

a rubber ball bounds on the floor

(dated) To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; to bounce.

to bound a ball on the floor

Derived terms

* rebound

Etymology 4

Alteration of boun , with -d partly for euphonic effect and partly by association with Etymology 1, above.

Adjective

(en adjective)

(obsolete) ready, prepared.

ready, able to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).

''Which way are you bound ?

''Is that message bound for me?

Derived terms

* -bound * bound for

Statistics

* English contranyms English irregular past participles English irregular simple past forms English terms with multiple etymologies

associated

English

Verb

(head)

(associate)

Statistics

associate

English

Adjective

(-)

Joined with another or others and having equal or nearly equal status.

He is an associate editor.

Having partial status or privileges.

He is an associate member of the club.

Following or accompanying; concomitant.

(biology, dated) Connected by habit or sympathy.

associate motions: those that occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions

Noun

(en noun)

A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner or colleague.

A companion; a comrade.

One that habitually accompanies or is associated with another; an attendant circumstance.

A member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges.

Synonyms

* See also

Verb

(associat)

(lb) To join in or form a league, union, or association.

(lb) To spend time socially; keep company.

*:As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish,I do not suppose that it matters much in reality whether laws are made by dukes or cornerboys, but I like, as far as possible, to associate with gentlemen in private life.

(lb) To join as a partner, ally, or friend.

(lb) To connect or join together; combine.

(lb) To connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination.

*(rfdate) (John Keats) (1795-1821)

*:I always somehow associate Chatterton with autumn.

* (1800-1859)

*:He succeeded in associating his name inseparably with some names which will last as long as our language.

*{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Philip J. Bushnell

, magazine=(American Scientist), title= Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance , passage=Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident.}}

To endorse.

(lb) To be associative.

To accompany; to keep company with.

*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

*:Friends should associate friends in grief and woe.

Synonyms

* join

Antonyms

* disassociate

References

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