Enjoin vs. Join — What's the Difference?

Instruct or urge (someone) to do something

Link; connect

To direct (a person) to do something; order or urge

A place or line where two or more things are connected or fastened together

To require or impose (an action or behavior, for example) with authority and emphasis; prescribe.

To put or bring together so as to make continuous or form a unit

To prohibit or forbid

To put or bring into close association or relationship

To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.

To connect (points), as with a straight line.

(transitive) To prescribe under authority; to ordain.

To meet and merge with

To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.

To become a part or member of

To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.

To come into the company of

To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.

To participate with in an act or activity

To join or unite.

To adjoin

Issue an injunction

To engage in; enter into

Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority;

To come together so as to form a connection

To act together; form an alliance

To become a member of a group.

To take part; participate

A joint; a junction.

An intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect.

An intersection of data in two or more database tables.

(computing) The act of joining something, such as a network.

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

(transitive) To connect or combine into one; to put together.

(intransitive) To come together; to meet.

(intransitive) To enter into association or alliance, to unite in a common purpose.

(transitive) To come into the company of.

(transitive) To become a member of.

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

To unite in marriage.

To enjoin upon; to command.

To accept, or engage in, as a contest.

To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append.

To associate one's self to; to be or become connected with; to league one's self with; to unite with; as, to join a party; to join the church.

To unite in marriage.

To enjoin upon; to command.

To accept, or engage in, as a contest; as, to join encounter, battle, issue.

To meet with and accompany; as, we joined them at the restaurant.

To combine with (another person) in performing some activity; as, join me in welcoming our new president.

To be contiguous, close, or in contact; to come together; to unite; to mingle; to form a union; as, the bones of the skull join; two rivers join.

The line joining two points; the point common to two intersecting lines.

The place or part where objects have been joined; a joint; a seam.

The combining of multiple tables to answer a query in a relational database system.

The shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made

A set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets;

Become part of; become a member of a group or organization;

Cause to become joined or linked;

Come into the company of;

Make contact or come together;

Be or become joined or united or linked;