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Conjoined vs Connected - What's the difference?

conjoined | connected |

As adjectives the difference between conjoined and connected

is that conjoined is joined together, as with conjoined twins, or in matrimony while connected is (usually with "well-"): having favorable rapport with a powerful entity.

As verbs the difference between conjoined and connected

is that conjoined is (conjoin) while connected is (connect).

conjoined

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Joined together, as with conjoined twins, or in matrimony.
    • 1600' ''If either of you know any inward impediment, why you should not be '''conjoined , I charge you, on your souls, to utter it.'' — Shakespeare, ''Much Ado About Nothing , .
    ...representatives of a loosely conjoined nation...'' - ''Time

    Usage notes

    Conjoint' is often used, but ' conjoined is the preferred usage.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (conjoin)

    • connected

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (usually with "well-"): Having favorable rapport with a powerful entity.
  • (mathematics, topology, of a topological space) That cannot be partitioned into two nonempty open sets.
  • (mathematics, graph theory, of a directed graph) Having a path, either directed]] or undirected, connecting every pair of [[vertex, vertices.

    • Antonyms

    * disconnected

    Verb

    (head)
  • (connect)