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Interrelated vs Connected - What's the difference?

interrelated | connected |

As adjectives the difference between interrelated and connected

is that interrelated is having a mutual or reciprocal relation or parallelism; correlative while connected is (usually with "well-"): Having favorable rapport with a powerful entity.

As a verb connected is

past tense of connect.

interrelated

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Having a mutual or reciprocal relation or parallelism; correlative.

    • Derived terms

    * interrelatedness

    Related terms

    * interrelate * interrelation

    References

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    connected

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (usually with "well-"): Having favorable rapport with a powerful entity.
  • (mathematics, topology, of a topological space) That cannot be partitioned into two nonempty open sets.
  • (mathematics, graph theory, of a directed graph) Having a path, either directed]] or undirected, connecting every pair of [[vertex, vertices.

    • Antonyms

    * disconnected

    Verb

    (head)
  • (connect)