Connection vs. Nexus — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Connection and Nexus
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Connection
The act of connecting.
Nexus
A means of connection; a link or tie
"this nexus between New York's ... real-estate investors and its ... politicians" (Wall Street Journal).
Connection
The state of being connected.
Nexus
A connected series or group.
Connection
One that connects; a link
Made a connection between the two pipes.
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Nexus
The core or center
"The real nexus of the money culture [was] Wall Street" (Bill Barol).
Connection
An association or relationship
An obvious connection between the two crimes.
Nexus
A form or state of connection.
Connection
The logical or intelligible ordering of words or ideas; coherence.
Nexus
The relationship between a vendor and a jurisdiction for the purpose of taxation, established for example by the vendor operating a physical store in that jurisdiction.
Connection
Reference or relation to something else; context
In this connection, the agreement can be seen as a step toward peace.
Nexus
A connected group; a network, a web.
Connection
A person, especially one of influence or importance, with whom one is associated, as by kinship or common interests
Used her connections to land a job.
Nexus
A centre or focus of something.
Connection
A conveyance or scheduled run providing continuing service between means of transportation
Missed my connection in Miami.
Nexus
(grammar) In the work of the Danish linguist Otto Jespersen (1860–1943): a group of words expressing two concepts in one unit (such as a clause or sentence).
Connection
A physical link, such as by wire or fiber-optic cable, between two or more points in a telecommunications system
Established a connection to the internet.
Nexus
A person who had contracted a nexum or obligation of such a kind that, if they failed to pay, their creditor could compel them to work as a servant until the debt was paid; an indentured servant.
Connection
A means or channel of communication
Couldn't hear due to the bad phone connection.
Nexus
Connection; tie.
Man is doubtless one by some subtile nexus . . . extending from the new-born infant to the superannuated dotard.
Connection
A drug dealer.
Nexus
The means of connection between things linked in series
Connection
A purchase of illegal drugs.
Nexus
A connected series or group
Connection
(uncountable) The act of connecting.
Connection
The point at which two or more things are connected.
The connection between overeating and obesity
My headache has no connection with me going out last night.
Connection
A feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people.
As we were the only people in the room to laugh at the joke, I felt a connection between us.
Connection
An established communications or transportation link.
Computers linked by a network connection
I was talking to him, but there was lightning and we lost the connection.
Connection
(transport) A transfer from one transportation vehicle to another in scheduled transportation service
The bus was late so he missed his connection at Penn Station and had to wait six hours for the next train.
Connection
A kinship relationship between people.
Connection
An individual who is related to oneself, through either family or business.
I have some connections in Lancashire.
Connection
(mathematics) A set of sets that contains the empty set, all one-element sets for any element that is included in any of the sets, and the union of any group of sets that are elements where the intersections of those sets is non-empty.
Connection
Coherence; lack of disjointedness
Connection
The description for a Methodist denomination as a whole, as opposed to its constituent churches, circuits, districts and conferences.
Connection
Sexual intercourse
Connection
(slang) A drug dealer.
Connection
The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; the act or process of bringing two things into contact; junction; union; as, the connection between church and state is inescapable; the connection of pipes of different diameters requires an adapter.
Connection
That which connects or joins together; bond; tie.
Connection
Any relationship between things or events; association; alliance; as, a causal connection between interest rates and stock prices.
He [Algazel] denied the possibility of a known connection between cause and effect.
The eternal and inseparable connection between virtue and happiness.
Any sort of connection which is perceived or imagined between two or more things.
Connection
A relation; esp. a person connected with another by marriage rather than by blood; - used in a loose and indefinite, and sometimes a comprehensive, sense.
Connection
The persons or things that are connected; as, a business connection; the Methodist connection.
Men elevated by powerful connection.
At the head of a strong parliamentary connection.
Whose names, forces, connections, and characters were perfectly known to him.
Connection
Something that connects other objects.
Connection
Usually plural) an acquaintance or acquaintances who are influential or in a position of power and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship); as, he has powerful connections.
Connection
A communications channel; as, my cell phone had a bad connection.
Connection
A vehicle in which one may continue a journey after debarking from another vehicle; the departing vehicle of a connection{9}; as, my connection leaves four hours after my arrival; I missed my connection.
Connection
The scheduled arrival of one vehicle and departure of a second, sufficiently close in time and place to allow the departing vehicle serve as a means of continuing a journey begun or continued in the first vehicle; as, we can get a connection at Newark to continue on to Paris; - most commonly used of airplanes, trains, and buses arriving and departing at the same terminal.
Connection
The transfer of a passenger from one vehicle to another to continue a journey; as, the connection was made in Copenhagen; - most commonly of scheduled transportation on common carriers.
Connection
A vendor who can supply desired materials at a favorable price, or under conditions when other sources are unavailable; as, to get a bargain from one's connection in the jewelry trade; to have connections for the purchase of marijuana; - often used in the pl..
Connection
The process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination.
Connection
A relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it);
There was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare
Connection
The state of being connected;
The connection between church and state is inescapable
Connection
An instrumentality that connects;
He soldered the connection
He didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers
Connection
(usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship);
He has powerful connections
Connection
The process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination;
Conditioning is a form of learning by association
Connection
A connecting shape
Connection
A supplier (especially of narcotics)
Connection
Shifting from one form of transportation to another;
The plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta
Connection
The act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication);
The joining of hands around the table
There was a connection via the internet
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