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Connected vs Connective - What's the difference?

connected | connective |

As adjectives the difference between connected and connective

is that connected is (usually with "well-"): Having favorable rapport with a powerful entity while connective is serving or tending to connect; connecting.

As a verb connected

is past tense of connect.

As a noun connective is

that which connects.

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)
  • connective

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • serving or tending to connect; connecting
  • * 1919 , :
  • Society is doomed to an ignominious death as soon as the connective tissue of institutions and the ossified material of officialdom with its rank growth of unyielding red tape and formalism begin to spread, choking, and strangling the free, personal life of the individual.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which connects.
  • (logic) A function that operates on truth values to give another truth value.
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  • , passage=Condition iii) ensures that the truth-rules for the sentential connectives and quantifiers are satisfied within one and the same valuation ?s. }}
  • (grammar) A word used to connect words, clauses and sentences, most commonly applied to conjunctions.
  • (botany) The tissue which connects the locules of an anthers together.
  • (anatomy, zoology) A connective tissue.
  • Synonyms

    * connexive (dated)

    Derived terms

    * connectively * sentential connective (3)

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