join vs tear

join

verb
  • To accept, or engage in, as a contest. 

  • To unite in marriage. 

  • To produce an intersection of data in two or more database tables. 

  • To come into the company of. 

  • To come together; to meet. 

  • To become a member of. 

  • To connect or combine into one; to put together. 

  • To enter into association or alliance, to unite in a common purpose. 

noun
  • An intersection of data in two or more database tables. 

  • The act of joining something, such as a network. 

  • The lowest upper bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∨. 

  • An intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect. 

tear

verb
  • To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence. 

  • To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional. 

  • To injure as if by pulling apart. 

  • To produce tears. 

  • To make (an opening) with force or energy. 

  • To become torn, especially accidentally. 

  • To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate. 

  • To remove by tearing. 

  • To smash or enter something with great force. 

  • To demolish 

noun
  • A rampage. 

  • A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass. 

  • A hole or break caused by tearing. 

  • A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation. 

  • Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins. 

  • That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge. 

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