connector vs joint

connector

noun
  • 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 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. 

  • 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. 

joint

noun
  • A thing. 

  • A marijuana cigarette. 

  • The point where two components of a structure join rigidly. 

  • The means of securing together the meeting surfaces of components of a structure. 

  • A cut of meat, especially (but not necessarily) (a) one containing a joint in the sense of an articulation or (b) one rolled up and tied. 

  • The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations. 

  • A place of business, particularly in the food service or hospitality industries. 

  • Prison. 

  • The penis. 

  • The point where two components of a structure join, but are still able to rotate. 

  • Any part of the body where two bones join, in most cases allowing that part of the body to be bent or straightened. 

  • A fracture in which the strata are not offset; a geologic joint. 

verb
  • To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate. 

  • To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together 

  • To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do. 

  • To join; to connect; to unite; to combine. 

  • To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat. 

adj
  • Done by two or more people or organisations working together. 

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