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Linkage vs Linking - What's the difference?

linkage | linking |

As nouns the difference between linkage and linking

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

As a verb linking is

present participle of link.

As an adjective linking is

serving to connect other things together.

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

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    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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