Link vs Tie - What's the difference?

In surveying terms the difference between link and tie

is that link is the length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length while tie is a bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.

In transitive terms the difference between link and tie

is that link is to demonstrate a correlation between two things while tie is to secure (something) by string or the like.

In lang=en terms the difference between link and tie

is that link is a diminutive=Lincoln given name while tie is to unite (musical notes) with a line or slur in the notation.

As a proper noun Link

is a diminutive=Lincoln given name.

link

English

(link)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) , from (etyl). Used in English since the 14th century.

Noun

(en noun)

A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.

The mayor’s assistant serves as the link to the media.

* Cowper

The link of brotherhood, by which / One common Maker bound me to the kind.

* Gascoigne

And so by double links enchained themselves in lover's life.

One element of a chain or other connected series.

The third link of the silver chain needs to be resoldered.

The weakest link .

The link on the page points to the sports scores.

(computing) The connection between buses or systems.

A by-N-link is composed of N lanes.

(mathematics) A space comprising one or more disjoint knots.

(Sussex) a thin wild bank of land splitting two cultivated patches and often linking two hills.

* 2008 , Richard John King, A Handbook for Travellers in Kent and Sussex

They used formerly to live in caves or huts dug into the side of a bank or "link ," and lined with heath or straw.

(figurative) an individual person or element in a

* 2010 , James O. Young, My Sheep Know My Voice: anointed poetry , AuthorHouse, page 32:

But know that God is the strongest link .

* 2010 , William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, Jill Butler, Universal Principles of Design , RockPort, page 262:

The fuse is the weakest link' in the system. As such, the fuse is also the most valuable ' link in the system.

* 2010 , Stephen Fairweather, The Missing Book of Genesis , AuthorHouse, page 219:

. This is so that nobody can change the way every link must talk about the formula that I taught to make a real Chain of Universal Love and not a Chain of Love of a group or sect. ”

Anything doubled and closed like a link of a chain.

a link of horsehair

(Mortimer)

(kinematics) Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, such as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained.

(engineering) Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (in steam engines) the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion.

(surveying) The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length.

(chemistry) A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction.

Holonyms

* chain

Derived terms

*(connection) cufflink, hyperlink, linkage, link farm, missing link *(element of a chain) sausage link * link-up * chainlink

Verb

(en verb)

To connect two or more things.

* Eustace

All the tribes and nations that composed it [the Roman Empire] were linked together, not only by the same laws and the same government, but by all the facilities of commodious intercourse, and of frequent communication.

(of a Web page) To contain a hyperlink to another page.

My homepage links to my wife's.

(Internet) To supply (somebody) with a hyperlink; to direct by means of a link.

Haven't you seen his Web site? I'll link you to it.

(Internet) To post a hyperlink to.

Stop linking those unfunny comics all the time!

To demonstrate a correlation between two things.

Derived terms

* link up

Etymology 2

Plausibly a modification of .

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) A torch, used to light dark streets.

*1854 , Dickens, Hard Times , Chapter 7:

*:You were coming out of the Italian Opera, ma’am, in white satin and jewels, a blaze of splendour, when I hadn’t a penny to buy a link to light you.’

* 1883 , Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

"Give me a loan of the link , Dick."

(Shakespeare)

Derived terms

* linkboy * linkman

Etymology 3

Origin unknown.

Verb

(en verb)

(Scotland) To skip or trip along smartly.

References

Anagrams

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tie

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

A knot; a fastening.

A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.

(Young)

A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.

The situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally.

It's two outs in the bottom of the ninth, tie score.

A twist tie, a piece of wire embedded in paper, strip of plastic with ratchets, or similar object which is wound around something and tightened.

A strong connection between people or groups of people; a bond.

the sacred ties''' of friendship or of duty; the '''ties of allegiance

* Young

No distance breaks the tie of blood.

(construction) A structural member firmly holding two pieces together.

Ties work to maintain structural integrity in windstorms and earthquakes.

(rail transport, US) A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together rails.

(cricket) The situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs (different to a draw).

(sports, British) A meeting between two players or teams in a competition.

The FA Cup third round tie between Liverpool and Cardiff was their first meeting in the competition since 1957.

(music) A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch denoting that they should be played as a single note with the combined length of both notes (not to be confused with a slur).

(statistics) One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set.

(surveying) A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.

(graph theory) connection between two vertices.

Usage notes

* In cricket, a tie'' and a ''draw are not the same. See .

Synonyms

* (situation where one or more participants in a competition are placed equally) draw * (horizontal member that supports railway lines) sleeper (British)

Etymology 2

From (etyl) , (m).

Verb

To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.

Tie this rope in a knot for me, please.

Tie the rope to this tree.

To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like.

Tie a knot in this rope for me, please.

To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like.

Tie him to the tree.

* Fairfax

In bond of virtuous love together tied .

To secure (something) by string or the like.

Tie your shoes.

* Dryden

Not tied to rules of policy, you find / Revenge less sweet than a forgiving mind.

(transitive, or, intransitive) To have the same score or position as another in a competition or ordering.

They tied for third place.

They tied the game.

(US) To have the same score or position as (another) in a competition or ordering.

He tied me for third place.

(music) To unite (musical notes) with a line or slur in the notation.

Synonyms

* fasten

Antonyms

* unfasten * untie

Derived terms

* tie down * tie-in, tie in * tie the knot * tie up

Anagrams

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