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Joining vs Linking - What's the difference?

joining | linking |

As verbs the difference between joining and linking

is that joining is while linking is present participle of link.

As nouns the difference between joining and linking

is that joining is the act or result of joining; a joint or juncture while linking is linkage.

As an adjective linking is

serving to connect other things together.

joining

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or result of joining; a joint or juncture.

    • linking

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Present participle of link.
  • :The yard manager is linking the sections of the train together.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Serving to connect other things together.
  • :Conjunctions frequently function as linking words in a sentence.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • linkage
  • * 1986 , Douglas Pulleyblank, Tone in Lexical Phonology (page 11)
    • I will assume that multiple linkings of tones to a single tone-bearing unit come about only by language-specific rules.

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