Disconnect vs. Connect — What's the Difference?

To sever or interrupt the connection of or between

Bring together or into contact so that a real or notional link is established

(Electricity) To shut off the current in (an appliance) by removing its connection to a power source.

Associate or relate (something) in some respect

To sever or interrupt a connection.

(of a blow) hit the intended target

A lack of connection; a disparity

To join or fasten together

(transitive) To sever or interrupt a connection.

To associate or consider as related

(transitive) To remove the connection between an appliance and an electrical power source.

To join to or by means of a communications circuit

(intransitive) Of a person, to become detached or withdrawn.

To plug in (an electrical cord or device) to an outlet.

A break or interruption in an existing connection, continuum, or process; disconnection.

To become joined or united

A switch used to isolate a portion of an electrical circuit.

To be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as between airplanes or buses.

A lack of connection or accord; a mismatch.

To establish a rapport or relationship; relate

(Scientology) The deliberate severing of ties with family, friends, etc. considered antagonistic towards Scientology.

(Sports) To hit or play a ball or puck successfully

To dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to sever; to separate; to disperse.

To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.

An unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding);

To join: to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to each other.

Of electrical appliances

To arrive at an intended target; to land.

Make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten

To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to be a link between two objects, thereby attaching them to each other.

To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to take one object and attach it to another.

To join an electrical or telephone line to a circuit or network.

To associate; to establish a relation between.

To make a travel connection; to switch from one means of transport to another as part of the same trip.

(slang) A drug dealer.

To join, or fasten together, as by something intervening; to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to establish a bond or relation between.

To associate (a person or thing, or one's self) with another person, thing, business, or affair.

To establish a communication link; - used with with; as, his telephone didn't answer, so I connected with him by email.

To electronically or mechanically link (a device) to another device, or to link a device to a common communication line; - used with with; as, the installer connected our telephones on Monday; I connected my VCR to the TV set by myself; the plumber connected a shut-off valve to my gas line.

To join, unite, or cohere; to have a close relation; as, one line of railroad connects with another; one argument connects with another.

Connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces;

Make a logical or causal connection;

Be or become joined or united or linked;

Join by means of communication equipment;

Land on or hit solidly;

Join for the purpose of communication;

Be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as in transportation;

Establish a rapport or relationship;

Establish communication with someone;

Plug into an outlet;

Hit or play a ball successfully;