Coupler vs. Coupling — What's the Difference?

One that couples, especially a device for coupling two railroad cars.

A coupling is a device used to connect two shafts together at their ends for the purpose of transmitting power. The primary purpose of couplings is to join two pieces of rotating equipment while permitting some degree of misalignment or end movement or both.

A device connecting two organ keyboards so that they may be played together.

The act of linking together or forming couples.

Someone who couples things together, especially someone whose job it is to couple railway carriages.

The act of uniting sexually.

Anything that serves to couple things together; but especially a device that couples railway carriages.

A device that links or connects.

(music) A device that connects two keyboards of an organ together so that they play together.

(Electronics) The transfer of electricity from one circuit to another.

A device used to convert electronic information into audible sound signals for transmission over telephone lines.

(Chemistry) Facilitation or acceleration of one chemical process due to the presence or action of another.

An electrical device used to transfer energy from one electric device to another, especially without a physical connection.

The body part of a four-footed animal that connects the hindquarters to the forequarters.

One who couples; that which couples, as a link, ring, or shackle, to connect cars.

Act of joining together to form a couple.

A mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects

A device that couples two things together.

(software engineering) The degree of reliance between two or more software modules.

(electronics) A connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them.

(physics) The property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other

(sexuality) Sexual intercourse.

Present participle of couple

The act of bringing or coming together; connection; sexual union.

A device or contrivance which serves to couple or connect adjacent parts or objects; as, a belt coupling, which connects the ends of a belt; a car coupling, which connects the cars in a train; a shaft coupling, which connects the ends of shafts.

A connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together

A mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects

The act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes;