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Firm vs Joint - What's the difference?

firm | joint |

As nouns the difference between firm and joint

is that firm is (uk|business) a business partnership; the name under which it trades while joint is marijuana cigarette; joint.

As an adjective firm

is steadfast, secure, hard (in position).

As a verb firm

is to make firm or strong; fix securely.

firm

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (UK, business) A business partnership; the name under which it trades.
  • (business, economics) A business enterprise, however organized.
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    • , title= End of the peer show , passage=Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms.
  • (slang) A criminal gang.

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl) ferme, from (etyl) ferme, from (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (er)
  • steadfast, secure, hard (in position)
  • * It's good to have a firm grip when shaking hands.
  • fixed (in opinion)
    • a firm''' believer; a '''firm''' friend; a '''firm adherent
  • * He was firm that selling his company would a good choice and didn't let anyone talk him out of it.
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  • solid, rigid (material state)
    • firm''' flesh; '''firm''' muscles, '''firm''' wood; '''firm land (i.e. not soft and marshy)
    Derived terms
    * firm up * firmish * firmly * firmness * firmware

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make firm or strong; fix securely.
  • To make compact or resistant to pressure; solidify.
  • To become firm; stabilise.
  • To improve after decline.
  • Aust. To shorten (of betting odds).

    • Anagrams

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    joint

    English

    (wikipedia joint)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Done by two or more people or organisations working together.
    • The play was a joint production between the two companies.
  • * Shakespeare
    • A joint burden laid upon us all.

    Derived terms

    * joint effort * joint venture * joint-stock company * joint will

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The point where two components of a structure join, but are still able to rotate.
    • This rod is free to swing at the joint with the platform.
  • The point where two components of a structure join rigidly.
    • The water is leaking out of the joint between the two pipes.
  • (anatomy) Any part of the body where two bones join, in most cases allowing that part of the body to be bent or straightened.
  • The means of securing together the meeting surfaces of components of a structure.
    • The dovetail joint , while more difficult to make, is also quite strong.
  • A cut of meat.
    • Set the joint in a roasting tin and roast for the calculated cooking time.
  • The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations.
    • a joint''' of cane or of a grass stem; a '''joint of the leg
  • (geology) A fracture in which the strata are not offset; a geologic joint.
  • A restaurant, bar, nightclub or similar business.
    • It was the kind of joint you wouldn't want your boss to see you in.
  • (slang) (always with "the" ) prison
    • I'm just trying to stay out of the joint .
  • (slang) A marijuana cigarette.
    • After locking the door and closing the shades, they lit the joint .

    Synonyms

    * hinge, pivot * (marijuana cigarette) See also

    Derived terms

    * case the joint * dovetail joint * flexible joint * miter joint * jointed * out of joint * rigid joint * universal joint * control joint * butt joint

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together
    • to joint' boards, a ' jointing plane
  • * (rfdate), (Alexander Pope)
    • Pierced through the yielding planks of jointed wood.
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  • To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.
  • * (rfdate), (William Shakespeare)
    • Jointing their force 'gainst Caesar.
  • To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.
  • * (rfdate) (Ray)
    • The fingers are jointed together for motion.
  • To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.
  • * (rfdate) (Dryden)
    • He joints the neck.
  • * (rfdate) (Holland)
    • Quartering, jointing , seething, and roasting.
  • To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do.
    • the stones joint , neatly.

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