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Join vs Conjoin - What's the difference?

join | conjoin |

As verbs the difference between join and conjoin

is that join is to combine more than one item into one; to put together while conjoin is to join together; to unite; to combine.

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.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.}}
  • To become a member of.
  • * , chapter=22
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined . One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.}}
  • (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

    conjoin

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To join together; to unite; to combine.
    • They are representatives that will loosely conjoin a nation.
  • To marry.
    • I will conjoin you in holy matrimony.
  • (grammar) To join as coordinate elements, often with a coordinating conjunction, such as coordinate clauses.
  • (mathematics) To combine two sets, conditions, or expressions by a logical AND; to intersect.
  • To unite, to join, to league.
  • *1843 , '', book 2, ch. XVI, ''St. Edmund
    • And the Body of one Dead; — a temple where the Hero-soul once was and now is not: Oh, all mystery, all pity, all mute awe and wonder; Supernaturalism brought home to the very dullest; Eternity laid open, and the nether Darkness and the upper Light-Kingdoms; — do conjoin there, or exist nowhere!

    Derived terms

    * conjoined twin * conjoiner * conjoint * conjointly

    Related terms

    * conjunction * conjunctiva * conjunctive

    External links

    * Conjoin @ The Internet Grammar of English