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colligation vs connection

connection vs colligation

colligation and connection both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
colligation Yes No No No
connection Yes No No No
As nouns, connection is a hypernym of colligation; that is, connection is a word with a broader meaning than colligation:
  • colligation: the connection of isolated facts by a general hypothesis
  • connection: the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
Other hypernyms of colligation include association, connexion.
colligation (noun) connection (noun)
the connection of isolated facts by a general hypothesis the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
the state of being joined together shifting from one form of transportation to another
an instrumentality that connects
the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
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
Difference between colligation and connection

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