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Connection vs Linking - What's the difference?

connection | linking |

As nouns the difference between connection and linking

is that connection is (uncountable) the act of connecting while linking is linkage.

As a verb linking is

present participle of link.

As an adjective linking is

serving to connect other things together.

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.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2004 , date=April 15 , author= , title=Morning swoop in hunt for Jodi's killer , work=The Scotsman citation , page= , passage=A spokesman for Lothian and Borders Police said: "We can confirm that a 15-year-old boy has been arrested and charged in connection with the murder of Jodi Jones. A 45-year-old has also been arrested in connection with allegations of attempting to pervert the course of justice. A report on this has been sent to the procurator fiscal." }}
  • 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.

    • linking

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Present participle of link.
  • :The yard manager is linking the sections of the train together.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Serving to connect other things together.
  • :Conjunctions frequently function as linking words in a sentence.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • linkage
  • * 1986 , Douglas Pulleyblank, Tone in Lexical Phonology (page 11)
    • I will assume that multiple linkings of tones to a single tone-bearing unit come about only by language-specific rules.

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