Link vs. Torch — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Link and Torch
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Definitions
Link➦
One of the rings or loops forming a chain.
Torch➦
A torch is a stick with combustible material at one end, which is ignited and used as a light source. Torches have been used throughout history, and are still used in processions, symbolic and religious events, and in juggling entertainment.
Link➦
A unit in a connected series of units
Links of sausage.
One link in a molecular chain.
Torch➦
A portable light produced by the flame of a stick of resinous wood or of a flammable material wound about the end of a stick of wood; a flambeau.
Link➦
A unit in a transportation or communications system.
Torch➦
Chiefly British A flashlight.
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Link➦
A connecting element; a tie or bond
Grandparents, our link with the past.
Torch➦
Something that serves to illuminate, enlighten, or guide.
Link➦
An association; a relationship
The Alumnae Association is my link to the school's present administration.
Torch➦
(Slang) An arsonist.
Link➦
A causal, parallel, or reciprocal relationship; a correlation
Researchers have detected a link between smoking and heart disease.
Torch➦
A portable apparatus that produces a very hot flame by the combustion of gases, used in welding and construction.
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Link➦
A cufflink.
Torch➦
Longstanding unrequited romantic feelings for a person
My torch for her has finally gone out.
Link➦
A unit of length used in surveying, equal to 0.01 chain, 7.92 inches, or about 20.12 centimeters.
Torch➦
To cause to burn or undergo combustion, especially with extraordinary rapidity, force, or thoroughness.
Link➦
A rod or lever transmitting motion in a machine.
Torch➦
A stick with a flame on one end, used chiefly as a light source; a similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material.
The mob of angry villagers carried torches and pitchforks to the vampire's castle.
Link➦
(Computers)A graphical item or segment of text in a webpage or other electronic document that, when clicked, causes another webpage or section of the same webpage to be displayed
That newspaper's homepage includes links to numerous government resources. Also called hotlink, hyperlink.
Torch➦
(Commonwealth) A portable light source powered by electricity; a flashlight.
Ernst slipped and dropped his torch on the flagstones, shattering the bulb and plunging us into darkness.
Link➦
A torch formerly used for lighting one's way in the streets.
Torch➦
(US) An arsonist.
Link➦
To put together physically, as with links
Linked the rings to form a chain.
Torch➦
A blowtorch or oxy-gas torch.
Link➦
To connect, relate, or associate
Linked the suspect to the crime.
Torch➦
(scifi) A torch drive ("a spacecraft engine which produces thrust by nuclear fusion").
Link➦
To make or have a link to (another webpage or electronic document)
The blog links important news stories from across the web.
Torch➦
To set fire to, especially by use of a torch (flaming stick).
Some hoodlums had torched a derelict automobile, which emitted a ghastly pall of thick, black smoke that filled the street.
Link➦
To make a link in (a webpage or electronic document)
The teacher linked the class website to an online map.
Torch➦
(scifi) To travel in a spacecraft propelled by a torch drive ("a spacecraft engine which produces thrust by nuclear fusion").
Link➦
To be or become joined together physically
The molecules linked to form a polymer.
Torch➦
A light or luminary formed of some combustible substance, as of resinous wood; a large candle or flambeau, or a lamp giving a large, flaring flame.
They light the nuptial torch.
Link➦
To be or become connected, related, or associated
Their business has linked up with ours.
Torch➦
A flashlight.
Link➦
To make or have a link to a webpage or electronic document
The shocking news story was linked to by many blogs. The article linked to photos of the damage.
Torch➦
A light carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
Link➦
To follow a link in a webpage or electronic document
With a click of the mouse, I linked to the museum's website.
Torch➦
Tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
Link➦
A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.
The mayor’s assistant serves as the link to the media.
Torch➦
A small portable battery-powered electric lamp
Link➦
One element of a chain or other connected series.
The third link of the silver chain needs to be resoldered.
The weakest link.
Torch➦
A burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame
Link➦
Abbreviation of hyperlink
The link on the page points to the sports scores.
Torch➦
Burn maliciously, as by arson;
The madman torched the barns
Link➦
(computing) The connection between buses or systems.
A by-N-link is composed of N lanes.
Link➦
(mathematics) A space comprising one or more disjoint knots.
Link➦
(Sussex) a thin wild bank of land splitting two cultivated patches and often linking two hills.
Link➦
(figurative) an individual person or element in a system
Link➦
Anything doubled and closed like a link of a chain.
Link➦
A sausage that is not a patty.
Link➦
(kinematics) Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, such as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained.
Link➦
(engineering) Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (in steam engines) the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion.
Link➦
(surveying) The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length.
Link➦
(chemistry) A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction.
Link➦
(in the plural) The windings of a river; the land along a winding stream.
Link➦
(broadcasting) An introductory cue.
Link➦
(obsolete) A torch, used to light dark streets.
Link➦
(transitive) To connect two or more things.
Link➦
To contain a hyperlink to another page.
My homepage links to my wife's.
Link➦
To supply (somebody) with a hyperlink; to direct by means of a link.
Haven't you seen his Web site? I'll link you to it.
Link➦
To post a hyperlink to.
Stop linking those unfunny comics all the time!
Link➦
(transitive) To demonstrate a correlation between two things.
Link➦
(compilation) To combine objects generated by a compiler into a single executable.
Link➦
To meet with someone.
Link➦
To skip or trip along smartly; to go quickly.
Link➦
A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like.
Link➦
A single ring or division of a chain.
Link➦
Hence: Anything, whether material or not, which binds together, or connects, separate things; a part of a connected series; a tie; a bond.
The link of brotherhood, by whichOne common Maker bound me to the kind.
And so by double links enchained themselves in lover's life.
Link➦
Anything doubled and closed like a link; as, a link of horsehair.
Link➦
Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained.
Link➦
Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (Steam Engine), the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion.
Link➦
A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; - applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction.
Link➦
Sausages; - because linked together.
Link➦
A hill or ridge, as a sand hill, or a wooded or turfy bank between cultivated fields, etc.
Link➦
A winding of a river; also, the ground along such a winding; a meander; - usually in pl.
The windings or "links" of the Forth above and below Stirling are extremely tortuous.
Link➦
Sand hills with the surrounding level or undulating land, such as occur along the seashore, a river bank, etc.
Golf may be played on any park or common, but its original home is the "links" or common land which is found by the seashore, where the short close tuft, the sandy subsoil, and the many natural obstacles in the shape of bents, whins, sand holes, and banks, supply the conditions which are essential to the proper pursuit of the game.
Link➦
Hence, any such piece of ground where golf is played; a golf course.
Link➦
To connect or unite with a link or as with a link; to join; to attach; to unite; to couple.
All the tribes and nations that composed it [the Roman Empire] were linked together, not only by the same laws and the same government, but by all the facilities of commodious intercourse, and of frequent communication.
Link➦
To be connected.
No one generation could link with the other.
Link➦
The means of connection between things linked in series
Link➦
A fastener that serves to join or link;
The walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction
Link➦
The state of being connected;
The connection between church and state is inescapable
Link➦
A connecting shape
Link➦
A unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain
Link➦
(computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list
Link➦
A channel for communication between groups;
He provided a liaison with the guerrillas
Link➦
A two-way radio communication system (usually microwave); part of a more extensive telecommunication network
Link➦
An interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data
Link➦
Make a logical or causal connection;
I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind
Colligate these facts
I cannot relate these events at all
Link➦
Connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces;
Can you connect the two loudspeakers?
Tie the ropes together
Link arms
Link➦
Be or become joined or united or linked;
The two streets connect to become a highway
Our paths joined
The travelers linked up again at the airport
Link➦
Link with or as with a yoke;
Yoke the oxen together
