connection vs fastening

fastening vs connection

connection and fastening both are nouns.

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

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

connection: the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
fastening: the act of fastening things together

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

connection (noun)	fastening (noun)
the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)	the act of fastening things together
shifting from one form of transportation to another	restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
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 connection and fastening

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