connector vs plug

connector

noun
  • 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. 

  • One who connects. 

  • A line connecting two shapes in presentation software. 

  • 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. 

plug

noun
  • A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one. 

  • A promotion (act of promoting) a product (such as a book, film or play) or other thing (concept, etc), for example during an interview or a commercial. 

  • A body of once molten rock that hardened in a volcanic vent. Usually round or oval in shape. 

  • A standard, modular fuselage component that can be added or removed. 

  • An electric socket: wall plug. 

  • Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole. 

  • A short cylindrical piece of jewellery commonly worn in larger-gauge body piercings, especially in the ear. 

  • A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco. 

  • A high, tapering silk hat. 

  • A branch from a water-pipe to supply a hose. 

  • A drug dealer. 

  • A small seedling grown in a tray from expanded polystyrene or polythene filled usually with a peat or compost substrate. 

  • A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails. 

  • A worthless horse. 

  • A type of lure consisting of a rigid, buoyant or semi-buoyant body and one or more hooks. 

verb
  • To persist or continue with something. 

  • To ingest a drug rectally 

  • To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole. 

  • To blatantly mention a particular product or service as if advertising it. 

  • To have sex with, penetrate sexually. 

  • To shoot a bullet into something with a gun. 

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