different between contact vs stiction

English

Etymology

From Latin contactus, from conting? (“I touch on all sides”), from tang? (“I touch”). Used in English since the 17th century.

Pronunciation

• (noun):

  (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?ntækt/

  (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?ntækt/

• (verb):

  (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?ntækt/, /k?n?tækt/

  (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?ntækt/, /k?n?tækt/

• Rhymes: -ækt

Noun

contact (countable and uncountable, plural contacts)

1. The act of touching physically; being in close association.
2. The establishment of communication (with).
3. A nodule designed to connect a device with something else.

4. Someone who can be contacted, or with whom one is in communication.

5. (informal) A contact lens.
6. (electricity) A device designed for repetitive connections.
7. (informal, by ellipsis) Contact juggling.

8. (mining) The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock.

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Verb

contact (third-person singular simple present contacts, present participle contacting, simple past and past participle contacted)

1. (transitive) To touch; to come into physical contact with.

   The side of the car contacted the pedestrian.

2. (transitive) To establish communication with something or someone

   I am trying to contact my sister.

Usage notes

• The use of contact as a verb is occasionally discountenanced. Nonetheless, its usefulness and popularity have - at least to some extent - worn down resistance.

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• kontakt (superseded)

Etymology

Borrowed from French contact, from Latin contactus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?t?kt/
• Hyphenation: con?tact
• Rhymes: -?kt

Noun

contact n (plural contacten, diminutive contactje n)

1. physical contact
2. contact (close association)
3. contact (communication, exchange)
4. contact (someone with whom communication has been established)

Derived terms

Related terms

• contacteren

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kontak
• ? Indonesian: kontak
• ? West Frisian: kontakt

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contactus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.takt/

Noun

contact m (plural contacts)

1. (physical) contact; contact (with another person)
2. contact (person that one knows)
3. rapport

Further reading

• “contact” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French contact

Noun

contact n (plural contacte)

1. contact

Declension

English

Etymology

Blend of static +? friction

Noun

stiction (countable and uncountable, plural stictions)

1. (physics) The static friction that needs to be overcome to enable relative motion of stationary objects in contact

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