The difference between Individual and Joint
When used as nouns, individual means a person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people, whereas joint means the point where two components of a structure join, but are still able to rotate.
When used as adjectives, individual means relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one, whereas joint means done by two or more people or organisations working together.
Joint is also verb with the meaning: to unite by a joint or joints.
check bellow for the other definitions of Individual and Joint
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Individual as a noun:
A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.
Examples:
"He is an unusual individual."
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Individual as a noun (legal):
A single physical human being as a legal subject, as opposed to a legal person such as a corporation.
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Individual as a noun:
An object, be it a thing or an agent, as contrasted to a class.
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Individual as a noun (statistics):
An element belonging to a population.
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Individual as an adjective:
Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one.
Examples:
"As we can't print them all together, the individual pages will have to be printed one by one."
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Individual as an adjective:
Intended for a single person as opposed to more than one person.
Examples:
"'individual personal pension; individual cream cakes"
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Individual as an adjective:
Not divisible without losing its identity.
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Joint as an adjective:
Done by two or more people or organisations working together.
Examples:
"The play was a joint production between the two companies."
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Joint as a noun:
The point where two components of a structure join, but are still able to rotate.
Examples:
"This rod is free to swing at the joint with the platform."
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Joint as a noun:
The point where two components of a structure join rigidly.
Examples:
"The water is leaking out of the joint between the two pipes."
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Joint as a noun (anatomy):
Any part of the body where two bones join, in most cases allowing that part of the body to be bent or straightened.
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Joint as a noun:
The means of securing together the meeting surfaces of components of a structure.
Examples:
"The dovetail joint, while more difficult to make, is also quite strong."
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Joint as a noun:
A cut of meat.
Examples:
"Set the joint in a roasting tin and roast for the calculated cooking time."
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Joint as a noun:
The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations.
Examples:
"a joint of cane or of a grass stem; a joint of the leg"
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Joint as a noun (geology):
A fracture in which the strata are not offset; a geologic joint.
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Joint as a noun (chiefly, US, _, slang, somewhat, _, pejorative):
A place of business, particularly in the food service or hospitality industries.
Examples:
"It was the kind of joint you wouldn't want your boss to see you in."
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Joint as a noun (slang, with the definite article):
prison
Examples:
"I'm just trying to stay out of the joint."
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Joint as a noun (slang):
A marijuana cigarette.
Examples:
"After locking the door and closing the shades, they lit the joint."
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Joint as a verb (transitive):
To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together
Examples:
"to joint boards, a jointing plane"
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Joint as a verb (transitive):
To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.
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Joint as a verb (transitive):
To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.
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Joint as a verb (transitive):
To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.
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Joint as a verb (intransitive):
To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do.
Examples:
"the stones joint, neatly."