connection vs convergence

convergence vs connection

connection and convergence both are nouns.

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

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

connection: the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
convergence: the act of converging (coming closer)

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

connection (noun)	convergence (noun)
the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)	the act of converging (coming closer)
shifting from one form of transportation to another	the approach of an infinite series to a finite limit
an instrumentality that connects	a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena
the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination	the occurrence of two or more things coming together
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 convergence

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