coupling

As nouns the difference between bushing and coupling

is that bushing is a type of bearing, a cylindrical lining designed to reduce friction and wear inside a hole, often used as a casing for a shaft, pin or hinge while coupling is act of joining together to form a couple.

As nouns the difference between coupling and valve

is that coupling is act of joining together to form a couple while valve is a device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a pipe.

As a verb valve is

to control (flow) by means of a valve.

As nouns the difference between mating and coupling

is that mating is pairing of organisms for copulation while coupling is act of joining together to form a couple.

As an adjective mating

is fitting into or onto a corresponding part, as a matched plug and socket.

As a verb mating

is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and coupling

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while coupling is act of joining together to form a couple.

As nouns the difference between coupling and combination

is that coupling is act of joining together to form a couple while combination is the act of combining, the state of being combined or the result of combining.

As nouns the difference between coupling and homocoupling

is that coupling is act of joining together to form a couple while homocoupling is a coupling reaction in which two identical molecules react to form a different one.

As nouns the difference between coupling and crosscoupling

is that coupling is act of joining together to form a couple while crosscoupling is (organic chemistry) a coupling reaction in which two different molecules react to form a third.

In physics terms the difference between coupling and outcouple

is that coupling is the property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other while outcouple is to let laser light escape from its confining cavity.

As a noun coupling

is act of joining together to form a couple.

As a verb outcouple is

to remove the coupling between two interacting beams of laser light.