Coupling vs. Cohesion — What's the Difference?

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.

The act, process, or condition of cohering

The act of linking together or forming couples.

(Physics) The intermolecular attraction by which the elements of a body are held together.

The act of uniting sexually.

(Botany) The congenital union of parts of the same kind, such as a calyx of five united sepals.

A device that links or connects.

State of cohering, or of working together.

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

Various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together.

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

(biology) Growing together of normally distinct parts of a plant.

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

(software engineering) Degree to which functionally related elements in a system belong together.

Act of joining together to form a couple.

(linguistics) Grammatical or lexical relationship between different parts of the same text.

A device that couples two things together.

The act or state of sticking together; close union.

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

That from of attraction by which the particles of a body are united throughout the mass, whether like or unlike; - distinguished from adhesion, which unites bodies by their adjacent surfaces.

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

Logical agreement and dependence; as, the cohesion of ideas.

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

The state of cohering or sticking together

(sexuality) Sexual intercourse.

(botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals)

Present participle of couple

(physics) the intermolecular force that holds together the molecules in a solid or liquid

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;