backbone vs connection

connection vs backbone

backbone and connection both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
backbone	Yes	No	No	No
connection	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, connection is a hypernym of backbone; that is, connection is a word with a broader meaning than backbone:

backbone: the part of a network that connects other networks together
connection: an instrumentality that connects

Other hypernyms of backbone include connecter, connective, connector, connexion.

backbone (noun)	connection (noun)
the part of a network that connects other networks together	the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved	shifting from one form of transportation to another
fortitude and determination	an instrumentality that connects
the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord	the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
a central cohesive source of support and stability	a supplier (especially of narcotics)
	(usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship)
	a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
	a connecting shape
	the state of being connected

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