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Connected vs Related - What's the difference?

connected | related |

As adjectives the difference between connected and related

is that connected is (usually with "well-"): Having favorable rapport with a powerful entity while related is standing in relation or connection.

As verbs the difference between connected and related

is that connected is past tense of connect while related is past tense of relate.

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)
  • related

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Standing in relation or connection.
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  • Being a relative of.
  • Narrated; told.
  • (music) Same as the adjective relative.
  • (mathematics) Fulfilling a relation.
  • (in combination) Having a relationship with the thing named
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (relate)
  • See also

    * relation * relationship * interrelate * interrelated

    Anagrams

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