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Conjunct vs Connect - What's the difference?

conjunct | connect |

As a noun conjunct

is either term of a conjunction.

As an adjective conjunct

is conjoined.

As a verb connect is

to join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.

conjunct

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (logic) Either term of a conjunction
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  • (linguistics) An adjunct that supplements a sentence with information, not considered to be an essential part of the propositional content, that connects the sentence with previous parts of the discourse, as "therefore" in "It was raining. Therefore, we didn't go swimming."
  • Holonyms

    * (in logic) conjunction

    Adjective

    (-)
  • conjoined
  • Set A is conjunct with set B.
  • acting together; collaborative
  • Antonyms

    * (conjoined) disjunct

    connect

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (of an object) To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.
  • (of two objects) To join: to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to each other.
  • (of an object) To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to be a link between two objects, thereby attaching them to each other.
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  • (of a person) To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to take one object and attach it to another.
  • To join an electrical or telephone line to a circuit or network.
  • To associate.
  • To make a travel connection; to switch from one means of transport to another as part of the same trip.
  • Antonyms

    * disconnect