connective vs earth

earth vs connective

connective and earth both are nouns.

connective is an adjective but earth is not an adjective.

connective is not a verb while earth is a verb.

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

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

connective: an instrumentality that connects
earth: a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)

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

connective (noun)	earth (noun)
an instrumentality that connects	a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)
an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences	the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife
	the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell)
	the solid part of the earth's surface
	the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
	the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface
	once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour black bile

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

connective (verb)	earth (verb)
	connect to the earth
	hide in the earth like a hunted animal

Difference between connective and earth

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