connexion vs fastening

fastening vs connexion

connexion and fastening both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

connexion (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 relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
a connecting shape

Difference between connexion and fastening

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