Conjoin vs Enjoin - What's the difference?
conjoin | enjoin |
To join together; to unite; to combine.
To marry.
(grammar) To join as coordinate elements, often with a coordinating conjunction, such as coordinate clauses.
(mathematics) To combine two sets, conditions, or expressions by a logical AND; to intersect.
To unite, to join, to league.
*1843 , '', book 2, ch. XVI, ''St. Edmund
(transitive, chiefly, literary) To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
* - Esther 9:31
* Shakespeare
(legal) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.
* Kent
As verbs the difference between conjoin and enjoin
is that conjoin is to join together; to unite; to combine while enjoin is to lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.conjoin
English
Verb
(en verb)- They are representatives that will loosely conjoin a nation.
- I will conjoin you in holy matrimony.
- And the Body of one Dead; — a temple where the Hero-soul once was and now is not: Oh, all mystery, all pity, all mute awe and wonder; Supernaturalism brought home to the very dullest; Eternity laid open, and the nether Darkness and the upper Light-Kingdoms; — do conjoin there, or exist nowhere!
Derived terms
* conjoined twin * conjoiner * conjoint * conjointlyExternal links
*Conjoin @ The Internet Grammar of English
enjoin
English
Verb
(en verb)- To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them
- I am enjoined by oath to observe three things.
- This is a suit to enjoin the defendants from disturbing the plaintiffs.