Connection vs Linkage - What's the difference?
connection | linkage | Synonyms |
(uncountable) The act of connecting.
The point at which two or more things are connected.
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A feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people.
An established communications or transportation link.
(transport) A transfer from one transportation vehicle to another in scheduled transportation service
A kinship relationship between people.
A mechanical device that connects things.
:A linkage in my car's transmission is broken so I can't shift out of first gear.
A connection or relation between things or ideas.
(genetics) The property of genes of being inherited together.
(linguistics) A set of definitely related languages for which no proto-language can be derived, typically a group of languages within a family that have formed a sprachbund.
Linkage is a synonym of connection.
As nouns the difference between connection and linkage
is that connection is the act of connecting while linkage is a mechanical device that connects things.connection
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Alternative forms
* connexion , (abbreviation)Noun
- the connection between overeating and obesity
- My headache has no connection with me going out last night.
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- As we were the only people in the room to laugh at the joke, I felt a connection between us.
- computers linked by a network connection
- I was talking to him, but there was lightning and we lost the connection .
- The bus was late so he missed his connection at Penn Station and had to wait six hours for the next train.