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Interlocked vs Connected - What's the difference?

interlocked | connected |

As verbs the difference between interlocked and connected

is that interlocked is (interlock) while connected is (connect).

As an adjective connected is

(usually with "well-"): having favorable rapport with a powerful entity.

interlocked

English

Verb

(head)
  • (interlock)

    • interlock

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To fit together securely.
  • To interlace.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A safety device that prevents activation in unsafe conditions.
  • :The demonstrator couldn't figure out why the machine wouldn't work, until he remembered that there was an interlock so it wouldn't operate with the cover open.

    • 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)