connector vs interchange

connector

noun
  • A highway or freeway road which connects to another highway or freeway. It can be part of an interchange or a longer roadway such as the 1.5 mile (2.5 kilometer) U.S. Route 24 Connector. 

  • One who connects. 

  • A line connecting two shapes in presentation software. 

  • A device (or, more precisely, a mating pair of devices, often a plug and a socket) for connecting together two wires, cables, or hoses, allowing electricity or fluid to flow but also allowing easy disconnection and reconnection when necessary. 

  • A software component that provides access from an application program to an external database or data source, such as a JDBC connector. 

  • Any of a group of cards of consecutive face value, useful in forming straights etc. 

interchange

noun
  • A highway junction in which traffic may change from one road to another without crossing a stream of traffic. 

  • A connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport; a station at which such a connection can be made. 

  • An act of interchanging. 

verb
  • to swap or change places 

  • to alternate; to intermingle or vary 

  • to mutually give and receive (something); to exchange 

  • To act as or carry out an interchange (noun, senses 2, 3). 

  • to switch (each of two things) 

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