Join vs Thorn - What's the difference?
join | thorn |
To combine more than one item into one; to put together.
To come together; to meet.
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
To come into the company of.
*
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To become a member of.
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, title= (computing, databases, transitive) To produce an intersection of data in two or more database tables.
To unite in marriage.
* (John Wycliffe) (1320-1384)
* Bible, (w) xix. 6
(obsolete, rare) To enjoin upon; to command.
* (William Tyndale) (1494-1536)
To accept, or engage in, as a contest.
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 .
A sharp protective spine of a plant.
Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns.
(figurative) That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.
* Bible, 2 Corinthians xii. 7
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A letter of the Latin alphabet (capital:'' Þ''', ''small:'' '''þ'''), borrowed by Old English from the futhark to represent a dental fricative, then not distinguished from eth, but in modern use (in Icelandic and other languages, but no longer in English) used only for the voiceless dental fricative found in English '' '''th igh
* See also Etymology of ye (definite article).
To pierce with, or as if with, a
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As a verb join
is to combine more than one item into one; to put together.As a noun join
is an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect.As a proper noun thorn is
for someone living near a thorn bush.join
English
Verb
(en verb)- Nature and fortune joined to make thee great.
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.}}
- he that joineth his virgin in matrimony
- What, therefore, God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
- They join them penance, as they call it.
- (Milton)
Synonyms
* (to combine more than one item into one) bewed, connect, fay, uniteNoun
(en noun)Antonyms
* (lowest upper bound) meetDerived terms
* antijoin * autojoin * cross join * equijoin * explicit join * implicit join * inner join * left join * natural join * outer join * right join * semijoin * theta jointhorn
English
(wikipedia thorn)Noun
(en noun)- the white thorn'''; the cockspur '''thorn
- There was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me.
- The guilt of empire, all its thorns and cares, / Be only mine.
Derived terms
* thorn apple * thorn broom * thornbush * thorn devil * thorn hopper * thorn in one's side * Thornton * thornyVerb
(en verb)citation