connective vs backbone

backbone vs connective

connective and backbone both are nouns.

connective is an adjective but backbone is not an adjective.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of connective include attachment, bond, earth, ground, hitch, hookup, jumper, conjunction, junction, slip ring, line, phone line, subscriber line, telephone circuit, telephone line, patch, temporary hookup, coupling, yoke.

connective (noun)	backbone (noun)
an instrumentality that connects	the part of a network that connects other networks together
an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences	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
	fortitude and determination
	the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
	a central cohesive source of support and stability

connective (adjective)	backbone (adjective)
connecting or tending to connect

Difference between connective and backbone

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