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Linkage vs Liaison - What's the difference?

linkage | liaison |

As nouns the difference between linkage and liaison

is that linkage is a mechanical device that connects things while liaison is .

linkage

English

Noun

(en noun) (Genetic linkage)
  • A mechanical device that connects things.
  • :A linkage in my car's transmission is broken so I can't shift out of first gear.
  • A connection or relation between things or ideas.
  • (genetics) The property of genes of being inherited together.
  • (linguistics) A set of definitely related languages for which no proto-language can be derived, typically a group of languages within a family that have formed a sprachbund.
  • Synonyms

    *(mechanical device that connects things ): *(connection or relation between things or ideas ): association, bond, connection, link, relationship *(in genetics ): *(in linguistics ):

    Derived terms

    * linkage map

    Anagrams

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    liaison

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Communication between two parties or groups.
  • Co-operation, working together.
  • A relayer of information between two forces in an army or during war.
  • A tryst, romantic meeting.
  • (figuratively) An illicit sexual relationship or affair.
  • (linguistics) The phonological fusion of two consecutive words and the manner in which this occurs, for example intrusion, consonant-vowel linking, etc. In the context of some languages, such as French, liaison can refer specifically to a normally silent final consonant, being pronounced when the next word begins with a vowel, and can often also include the intrusion of a "t" in certain fixed chunks of language such as the question form "pense-t-il ".
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (proscribed) To liaise.