Fastening is a related term of coupling.
As nouns the difference between fastening and coupling
is that fastening is a hook or similar restraint used to fasten things together while coupling is act of joining together to form a couple.
As a verb fastening
is present participle of to fasten .
fastening
English
Verb
(head)
Present participle of to fasten.
Noun
(
en noun)
a hook or similar restraint used to fasten things together
coupling
English
Noun
(
en noun)
act of joining together to form a couple
a device that couples two things together
(computing) the degree of reliance between two program modules
(electronics) a connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them
(physics) The property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other
(sexuality) sexual intercourse
Synonyms
* (computing) dependency
Antonyms
* (computing) cohesion
Derived terms
* capacitive coupling
* common coupling
* conductive coupling
* content coupling
* control coupling
* data coupling
* data-structured coupling
* external coupling
* global coupling
* inductive coupling
* low coupling
* loose coupling
* message coupling
* no coupling
* pathological coupling
* stamp coupling
Related terms
* decoupling
