different between connect vs connex

English

Etymology

From Latin connectere (“fasten together”), from con- (“together”) +? nectere (“bind”).

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k??n?kt/
• Hyphenation: con?nect
• Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

connect (third-person singular simple present connects, present participle connecting, simple past and past participle connected)

1. (intransitive, of an object) To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.

   Synonyms: affix, join, put together, unite; see also Thesaurus:join

2. (intransitive, of two objects) To join: to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to each other.

3. (transitive, of an object) To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to be a link between two objects, thereby attaching them to each other.

4. (transitive, of a person) To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to take one object and attach it to another.

5. To join an electrical or telephone line to a circuit or network.

6. To associate; to establish a relation between.

7. To make a travel connection; to switch from one means of transport to another as part of the same trip.

Antonyms

• disconnect

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• ? Catalan: conectar
• ? Galician: conectar
• ? Portuguese: conectar
• ? Spanish: conectar

Translations

Anagrams

• concent

English

Etymology

Latin connexus, p.p. See connect.

Verb

connex (third-person singular simple present connexes, present participle connexing, simple past and past participle connexed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To connect; to fasten together.
2. (obsolete, intransitive) To connect; to become joined or united.

Noun

connex (plural connexes)

1. (algebra) A correspondence between a projective space and its dual.

Adjective

connex (not comparable)

1. (set theory) Such that, for all x and y in X, and for a binary relation R, either or both of xRy and yRx hold(s).

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “connex”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN