Interlock vs Connect - What's the difference?
interlock | connect |
A safety device that prevents activation in unsafe conditions.
:The demonstrator couldn't figure out why the machine wouldn't work, until he remembered that there was an interlock so it wouldn't operate with the cover open.
(of an object) To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.
(of two objects) To join: to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to each other.
(of an object) To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to be a link between two objects, thereby attaching them to each other.
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, title= (of a person) To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to take one object and attach it to another.
To join an electrical or telephone line to a circuit or network.
To associate.
To make a travel connection; to switch from one means of transport to another as part of the same trip.
As verbs the difference between interlock and connect
is that interlock is to fit together securely while connect is (of an object) to join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.As a noun interlock
is a safety device that prevents activation in unsafe conditions.interlock
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(en noun)connect
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