Truss vs. Tie — What's the Difference?

A truss is an assembly of beams or other elements that creates a rigid structure.In engineering, a truss is a structure that "consists of two-force members only, where the members are organized so that the assemblage as a whole behaves as a single object". A "two-force member" is a structural component where force is applied to only two points.

Attach or fasten with string or similar cord

(Medicine) A supportive device, usually a pad with a belt, worn to prevent enlargement of a hernia or the return of a reduced hernia.

Restrict or limit (someone) to a particular situation or place

A rigid framework, as of wooden beams or metal bars, designed to support a structure, such as a roof.

Connect; link

An architectural bracket.

Achieve the same score or ranking as another competitor or team

Something gathered into a bundle; a pack.

A piece of string, cord, or similar used for fastening or tying something

(Nautical) An iron fitting by which a lower yard is secured to a mast.

A rod or beam holding parts of a structure together.

(Botany) A compact cluster of flowers at the end of a stalk.

A thing that unites or links people

To tie up or bind tightly.

A strip of material worn round the collar and tied in a knot at the front with the ends hanging down, typically forming part of a man's smart or formal outfit

To bind or skewer the wings or legs of (a fowl) before cooking.

A result in a game or other competitive situation in which two or more competitors or teams have the same score or ranking; a draw

To support or brace with a truss.

A sports match between two or more players or teams in which the winners proceed to the next round of the competition

A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place.

To fasten or secure with or as if with a cord, rope, or strap

(architecture) A structure made up of one or more triangular units made from straight beams of wood or metal, which is used to support a structure as in a roof or bridge.

To fasten by drawing together the parts or sides and knotting with strings or laces

(architecture) A triangular bracket.

To make by fastening ends or parts

An old English farming measurement. One truss of straw equalled 36 pounds, a truss of old hay equalled 56 pounds, a truss of new hay equalled 60 pounds, and 36 trusses equalled one load.

To put a knot or bow in

(obsolete) A bundle; a package.

To confine or restrict as if with cord

(historical) A padded jacket or dress worn under armour, to protect the body from the effects of friction.

To bring together in relationship; connect or unite

(historical) Part of a woman's dress; a stomacher.

To equal (an opponent or an opponent's score) in a contest.

(botany) A tuft of flowers or cluster of fruits formed at the top of the main stem of certain plants.

To equal an opponent's score in (a contest)

(nautical) The rope or iron used to keep the centre of a yard to the mast.

(Music)To join (notes) by a tie.

(transitive) To tie up a bird before cooking it.

To be fastened or attached

(transitive) To secure or bind with ropes.

To achieve equal scores in a contest.

(transitive) To support.

A cord, string, or other means by which something is tied.

To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon.

Something that connects or unites; a link

To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces.

A necktie.

To execute by hanging; to hang; usually with up.

A beam or rod that joins parts and gives support.

A bundle; a package; as, a truss of grass.

One of the timbers or slabs of concrete laid across a railroad bed to support the rails.

A padded jacket or dress worn under armor, to protect the body from the effects of friction; also, a part of a woman's dress; a stomacher.

An equality of scores, votes, or performance in a contest

A bandage or apparatus used in cases of hernia, to keep up the reduced parts and hinder further protrusion, and for other purposes.

A contest so resulting; a draw.

A tuft of flowers formed at the top of the main stalk, or stem, of certain plants.

(Music)A curved line above or below two notes of the same pitch, indicating that the tone is to be sustained for their combined duration.

The rope or iron used to keep the center of a yard to the mast.

A knot; a fastening.

An assemblage of members of wood or metal, supported at two points, and arranged to transmit pressure vertically to those points, with the least possible strain across the length of any member. Architectural trusses when left visible, as in open timber roofs, often contain members not needed for construction, or are built with greater massiveness than is requisite, or are composed in unscientific ways in accordance with the exigencies of style.

A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.

To bind or pack close; to tie up tightly; to make into a truss.

A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.

To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon.

A twist tie, a piece of wire embedded in paper, strip of plastic with ratchets, or similar object which is wound around something and tightened.

To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces.

A strong connection between people or groups of people.

To skewer; to make fast, as the wings of a fowl to the body in cooking it.

(construction) A structural member firmly holding two pieces together.

To execute by hanging; to hang; - usually with up.

A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together rails.

(medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure

The situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally.

A framework of beams forming a rigid structure (as a roof truss)

(cricket) The situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs (different from a draw).

(architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)

An equalizer, a run, goal, point, etc which causes participants in a competition to be placed equally or have the same score(s).

Tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it

A meeting between two players or teams in a competition.

Secure with or as if with ropes;

(music) A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch denoting that they should be played as a single note with the combined length of both notes.

Support structurally;

(statistics) One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set.

(surveying) A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.

(graph theory) A connection between two vertices.

A tiewig.

(transitive) To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.

(transitive) To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like.

(transitive) To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like.

To secure (something) by string or the like.

(ambitransitive) To have the same score or position as another in a competition or ordering.

To have the same score or position as (another) in a competition or ordering.

(music) To unite (musical notes) with a line or slur in the notation.

To believe; to credit.

In the Perl programming language, to extend (a variable) so that standard operations performed upon it invoke custom functionality instead.

A knot; a fastening.

A bond; an obligation, moral or legal; as, the sacred ties of friendship or of duty; the ties of allegiance.

A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.

An equality in numbers, as of votes, scores, etc., which prevents either party from being victorious; equality in any contest, as a race.

A beam or rod for holding two parts together; in railways, one of the transverse timbers which support the track and keep it in place.

A line, usually straight, drawn across the stems of notes, or a curved line written over or under the notes, signifying that they are to be slurred, or closely united in the performance, or that two notes of the same pitch are to be sounded as one; a bind; a ligature.

Low shoes fastened with lacings.

To fasten with a band or cord and knot; to bind.

To form, as a knot, by interlacing or complicating a cord; also, to interlace, or form a knot in; as, to tie a cord to a tree; to knit; to knot.

To unite firmly; to fasten; to hold.

To hold or constrain by authority or moral influence, as by knotted cords; to oblige; to constrain; to restrain; to confine.

To unite, as notes, by a cross line, or by a curved line, or slur, drawn over or under them.

To make an equal score with, in a contest; to be even with.

To make a tie; to make an equal score.

Neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front;

A social or business relationship;

The finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided;

A horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating;

A fastener that serves to join or link;

Equality of score in a contest

(music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value

One of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track;

A cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied;

Fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord;

Finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.;

Limit or restrict to;

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

Form a knot or bow in;

Create social or emotional ties;

Perform a marriage ceremony;

Make by tying pieces together;

Unite musical notes by a tie