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Socket vs Contact - What's the difference?

socket | contact |

As nouns the difference between socket and contact

is that socket is (mechanics) an opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (eg a light bulb socket ) while contact is the act of touching physically; being in close association.

As verbs the difference between socket and contact

is that socket is to place or fit in a socket while contact is to touch; to come into physical contact with.

socket

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (mechanics) An opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (e.g. a light bulb socket ).
  • (anatomy) A hollow into a bone which a part fits, such as an eye, or another bone, in the case of a joint.
  • (computing) A two-way named pipe on Unix and Unix-like systems, used for interprocess communication.

    • Derived terms

    * ball-and-socket joint * dry socket * eye socket * light bulb socket * mains socket * network socket * power socket * socket wrench * tooth socket * wall socket

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To place or fit in a socket.

    • contact

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of touching physically; being in close association.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1935, author= George Goodchild
    • , title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=1 , passage=She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.}}
  • The establishment of communication (with).
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=In the old days, […], he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned. But he had then none of the oddities and mannerisms which I hold to be inseparable from genius, and which struck my attention in after days when I came in contact with the Celebrity.}}
  • A nodule designed to connect a device with something else.
  • Someone with whom one is in communication.
  • (label) A contact lens.
  • (label) A device designed for repetitive connections.
  • Contact juggling.
  • (mining) The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock.
    • (Raymond)

    Derived terms

    * body contact * contact hitter * contactable * eye contact * first contact * golden contact * point of contact / POC

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To touch; to come into physical contact with.
    • The side of the car contacted the pedestrian.
  • To establish communication with something or someone
    • I am trying to contact my sister.