connection vs approximation

approximation vs connection

connection and approximation both are nouns.

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

As nouns, approximation is a hyponym of connection; that is, approximation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than connection:

connection: the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
approximation: the act of bringing near or bringing together especially the cut edges of tissue

Other hyponyms of connection include hit, interconnection, intersection, bringing close together, concatenation, convergence, convergency, converging, coming upon, encounter, articulation, adjunction, junction, attachment, fastening.

connection (noun)	approximation (noun)
the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)	the act of bringing near or bringing together especially the cut edges of tissue
shifting from one form of transportation to another	the quality of coming near to identity (especially close in quantity)
an instrumentality that connects	an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination	an imprecise or incomplete account
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 connection and approximation

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