Join vs Enjoy - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between join and enjoy

is that join is to combine more than one item into one; to put together while enjoy is to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something.

As a noun join

is an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect.

join

English

Verb

(en verb)

To combine more than one item into one; to put together.

To come together; to meet.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

Nature and fortune joined to make thee great.

To come into the company of.

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To become a member of.

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(computing, databases, transitive) To produce an intersection of data in two or more database tables.

To unite in marriage.

* (John Wycliffe) (1320-1384)

he that joineth his virgin in matrimony

* Bible, (w) xix. 6

What, therefore, God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

(obsolete, rare) To enjoin upon; to command.

* (William Tyndale) (1494-1536)

They join them penance, as they call it.

To accept, or engage in, as a contest.

(Milton)

Synonyms

* (to combine more than one item into one) bewed, connect, fay, unite

Noun

(en noun)

An intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect.

(computing, databases) An intersection of data in two or more database tables.

(algebra) The lowest upper bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol .

Antonyms

* (lowest upper bound) meet

Derived terms

* antijoin * autojoin * cross join * equijoin * explicit join * implicit join * inner join * left join * natural join * outer join * right join * semijoin * theta join

enjoy

English

Verb

(en verb)

To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something

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To have the use or benefit of something.

* Bible, Numbers xxxvi. 8

that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers

* 1988 , Harry G Frankfurt, The importance of what we care about: philosophical essays

This account fails to provide any basis for doubting that animals of subhuman species enjoy the freedom it defines.

To have sexual intercourse with.

(Milton)

Usage notes

* This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . See

Derived terms

* enjoyable * enjoyment * to enjoy oneself