different between join vs hitch

English

Alternative forms

• joyn, joyne, joyen (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English joinen, joynen, joignen, from Old French joindre, juindre, jungre, from Latin iung? (“join, yoke”, verb), from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to join, unite”). Cognate with Old English iucian, iugian, ?eocian, ?y??an (“to join; yoke”). More at yoke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d???n/
• Rhymes: -??n
• Hyphenation: join

Noun

join (plural joins)

1. An intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect.
2. (computing, databases) An intersection of data in two or more database tables.
3. (computing) The act of joining something, such as a network.
4. (algebra) The lowest upper bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ?.

Antonyms

• (lowest upper bound): meet

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

join (third-person singular simple present joins, present participle joining, simple past and past participle joined)

1. (transitive) To connect or combine into one; to put together.

2. (intransitive) To come together; to meet.
3. (transitive) To come into the company of.
4. (transitive) To become a member of.
5. (computing, databases, transitive) To produce an intersection of data in two or more database tables.

6. To unite in marriage.
7. (obsolete, rare) To enjoin upon; to command.
   • 1527 (originally published, quote is from a later edition), William Tyndale, The Obedience of a Christian Man

     They join them penance, as they call it.

8. To accept, or engage in, as a contest.

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Synonyms

• (to combine more than one item into one): bewed, connect, fay, unite; see also Thesaurus:join

Translations

References

• join on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Nijo

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• yoin

Etymology

From Latin ?nus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /join/

Numeral

join (plural joina)

1. one

Finnish

Etymology 1

Verb

join

1. first-person singular indicative past of juoda

Etymology 2

Noun

join

1. instructive plural of joki

Anagrams

• Joni, ojin

English

Etymology

Probably from Middle English hicchen, hytchen, icchen (“to move; to move as with a jerk”), of obscure origin. Lacks cognates in other languages. Compare itch, hike.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?t?/
• Rhymes: -?t?

Noun

hitch (plural hitches)

1. A sudden pull.
2. Any of various knots used to attach a rope to an object other than another rope.
3. A fastener or connection point, as for a trailer.

4. (informal) A problem, delay or source of difficulty.
5. A hidden or unfavorable condition or element.

   Synonym: catch

6. (military, slang) A period of time spent in the military.
   • 2004, June 3, Stephen J. Hedges & Mike Dorning, Chicago Tribune; Orlando Sentinel; page pg. A.1

     U.S. TROOPS FACE LONGER ARMY HITCH; SOLDIERS BOUND FOR IRAQ, ... WILL BE RETAINED

Hyponyms

• Magnus hitch
• midshipman's hitch
• rigger's hitch
• rolling hitch
• taut-line hitch
• tent-line hitch

Translations

Verb

hitch (third-person singular simple present hitches, present participle hitching, simple past and past participle hitched)

1. (transitive) To pull with a jerk.

2. (transitive) To attach, tie or fasten.

   Synonyms: affix, join, put together; see also Thesaurus:join
3. (informal) To marry oneself to; especially to get hitched.

   Synonyms: splice, wed; see also Thesaurus:marry

4. (informal, transitive) Clipping of hitchhike, to thumb a ride.

5. (intransitive) To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.

   • atoms […] which at length hitched together

6. (intransitive) To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; said of something obstructed or impeded.
   • To ease themselves […] by hitching into another place.

7. (Britain) To strike the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.

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Translations

Derived terms

• hitch one's wagon to a star
• unhitch
• unhitched

Further reading

• hitch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• List of hitch knots on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References