Conjoined vs Join - What's the difference?
conjoined | join |
Joined together, as with conjoined twins, or in matrimony.
(conjoin)
To combine more than one item into one; to put together.
To come together; to meet.
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
To come into the company of.
*
, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4
, passage=No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.}}
To become a member of.
* , chapter=22
, title= (computing, databases, transitive) To produce an intersection of data in two or more database tables.
To unite in marriage.
* (John Wycliffe) (1320-1384)
* Bible, (w) xix. 6
(obsolete, rare) To enjoin upon; to command.
* (William Tyndale) (1494-1536)
To accept, or engage in, as a contest.
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 .
As verbs the difference between conjoined and join
is that conjoined is (conjoin) while join is to combine more than one item into one; to put together.As an adjective conjoined
is joined together, as with conjoined twins, or in matrimony.As a noun join is
an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect.conjoined
English
Adjective
(-)- 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)join
English
Verb
(en verb)- Nature and fortune joined to make thee great.
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined . One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.}}
- he that joineth his virgin in matrimony
- What, therefore, God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
- They join them penance, as they call it.
- (Milton)