Association vs. Community

Associationnoun

The act of associating.

Associationnoun

The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something.

Associationnoun

(statistics) Any relationship between two measured quantities that renders them statistically dependent (but not necessarily causal or a correlation).

Associationnoun

A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.

Associationnoun

(object-oriented programming) Relationship between classes of objects that allows one object instance to cause another to perform an action on its behalf.

Associationnoun

The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things.

Associationnoun

Mental connection, or that which is mentally linked or associated with a thing.

Associationnoun

Union of persons in a company or society for some particular purpose; as, the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a benevolent association. Specifically, as among the Congregationalists, a society, consisting of a number of ministers, generally the pastors of neighboring churches, united for promoting the interests of religion and the harmony of the churches.

Associationnoun

a formal organization of people or groups of people;

Associationnoun

the act of consorting with or joining with others;

Associationnoun

the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination;

Associationnoun

a social or business relationship;

Associationnoun

the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination;

Associationnoun

a relation resulting from interaction or dependence;

Associationnoun

(chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding

Associationnoun

(ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species

Communitynoun

(countable) A group sharing a common understanding, and often the same language, law, manners, and/or tradition.

Communitynoun

(countable) A residential or religious collective; a commune.

Communitynoun

A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.

Communitynoun

A group of people interacting by electronic means for educational, professional, social, or other purposes; a virtual community.

Communitynoun

(uncountable) The condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common.

Communitynoun

Common enjoyment or possession; participation.

Communitynoun

Common character; likeness.

Communitynoun

Commonness; frequency.

Communitynoun

Common possession or enjoyment; participation; as, a community of goods.

Communitynoun

A body of people having common rights, privileges, or interests, or living in the same place under the same laws and regulations; as, a community of monks. Hence a number of animals living in a common home or with some apparent association of interests.

Communitynoun

Society at large; a commonwealth or state; a body politic; the public, or people in general.

Communitynoun

Common character; likeness.

Communitynoun

Commonness; frequency.

Communitynoun

a group of people living in a particular local area;

Communitynoun

a group of people having ethnic or cultural or religious characteristics in common;

Communitynoun

common ownership;

Communitynoun

a group of nations having common interests;

Communitynoun

the body of people in a learned occupation;

Communitynoun

agreement as to goals;

Communitynoun

a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences

Communitynoun

(ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other

Community

A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g.