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Connect vs Misconnect - What's the difference?

connect | misconnect |

As verbs the difference between connect and misconnect

is that connect is (of an object) to join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object while misconnect is to connect incorrectly.

As a noun misconnect is

a misconnection.

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

    misconnect

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To connect incorrectly.
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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A misconnection.