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Pairing vs Coupling - What's the difference?

pairing | coupling |

As nouns the difference between pairing and coupling

is that pairing is the combination or union of two things while coupling is act of joining together to form a couple.

As a verb pairing

is .

pairing

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The combination or union of two things.
    • The seeds were adjusted to make sure that there were good pairings for the tennis tournament.

    Derived terms

    * pairing function * pairing off * pairing time

    Verb

    (head)

    • coupling

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • act of joining together to form a couple
  • a device that couples two things together
  • (computing) the degree of reliance between two program modules
  • (electronics) a connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them
  • (physics) The property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other
  • (sexuality) sexual intercourse

    • Synonyms

    * (computing) dependency

    Antonyms

    * (computing) cohesion

    Derived terms

    * capacitive coupling * common coupling * conductive coupling * content coupling * control coupling * data coupling * data-structured coupling * external coupling * global coupling * inductive coupling * low coupling * loose coupling * message coupling * no coupling * pathological coupling * stamp coupling

    Related terms

    * decoupling