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Connection vs Coincidence - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between connection and coincidence

is that connection is the act of connecting while coincidence is of objects, the property of being coincident; occurring at the same time or place.

connection

English

Alternative forms

* connexion , (abbreviation)

Noun

  • (uncountable) The act of connecting.
  • The point at which two or more things are connected.
  • the connection between overeating and obesity
    My headache has no connection with me going out last night.
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  • A feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people.
  • As we were the only people in the room to laugh at the joke, I felt a connection between us.
  • An established communications or transportation link.
  • computers linked by a network connection
    I was talking to him, but there was lightning and we lost the connection .
  • (transport) A transfer from one transportation vehicle to another in scheduled transportation service
  • The bus was late so he missed his connection at Penn Station and had to wait six hours for the next train.
  • A kinship relationship between people.
  • coincidence

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Of objects, the property of being coincident; occurring at the same time or place.
  • Of events, the appearance of a meaningful connection when there is none.
  • (analysis) A coincidence point.
  • A fixed point of a correspondence; a point of a variety corresponding to itself under a correspondence.
  • Synonyms

    * (in analysis) coincidence point

    Derived terms

    * coincidence point * coincidence theory * index of coincidence * Lefschetz coincidence theorem