different between entwine vs connect

English

Alternative forms

• (archaic) intwine

Etymology

From en- +? twine (verb).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?twa?n/
• (General American) enPR: ?n-tw?n?, IPA^(key): /??n?twa?n/
• Rhymes: -a?n
• Hyphenation: en?twine

Verb

entwine (third-person singular simple present entwines, present participle entwining, simple past and past participle entwined)

1. To twist or twine around something (or one another).

Usage notes

Particularly used in attributive form entwined.

Often used interchangeably with intertwine, with minor usage distinctions. In symmetric sense of two things twining around each other, such as the branches of two trees, narrower intertwine may be preferred, but these are not strictly distinguished. In asymmetric sense of one thing twined in or around another – rather than mutually – such as a vine twined around a tree (but tree not twined around the vine), entwined is preferred.

Synonyms

• (twine around one another): intertwine

Derived terms

• entwinement (noun)
• entwining (noun)
• entwining (adj)

Translations

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