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Jointed vs Joined - What's the difference?

jointed | joined |

As verbs the difference between jointed and joined

is that jointed is past tense of joint while joined is past tense of join.

As an adjective jointed

is having joints.

jointed

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having joints.
  • extremely full of people, packed, chockablock
  • *2008 Angela Phelan, " My Barbados beach date with the super rich" Irish Independent 19 January 2008:
  • *:Needless to mention that Christmas, Easter and the Coolmore Golf Classic see the place jointed , but last weekend saw a huge Irish crowd celebrate the launch of Quintessentially, the world's leading private members' club and concierge service.
  • *2011 Donncha O'Callaghan, Joking Apart: My Autobiography [ISBN 1409045013] p.154:
  • *:When I opened the door the place was jointed , packed with English players.
  • *2012 Eamonn Sweeney " Football series in league of its own" Irish Independent 27 May 2012:
  • *:Looking at the shots of an absolutely jointed Dalymount Park, the feverish atmosphere still palpable, you could see why for my father's generation the Phibsboro ground would always be the spiritual home of Irish football.
  • *2014 Gavin O'Connor " Austin Stacks Club News" Tralee Today 5 August 2014:
  • *:The landmark Hostelry at the Bottom of the Rock reopened over a week ago and has been ‘jointed’ ever since.
    • Derived terms
    * jointedly * jointedness

    Etymology 2

    See (joint) (verb)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (joint)

    • joined

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (join)

    • 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