Association vs. Relationship

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

Relationshipnoun

Connection or association; the condition of being related.

Relationshipnoun

(mathematics) The links between the x-values and y-values of ordered pairs of numbers especially coordinates.

Relationshipnoun

Kinship; being related by blood or marriage.

Relationshipnoun

A romantic or sexual involvement.

Relationshipnoun

A way in which two or more people behave and are involved with each other

Relationshipnoun

(music) The level or degree of affinity between keys, chords and tones.

Relationshipnoun

The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance.

Relationshipnoun

a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness);

Relationshipnoun

a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection);

Relationshipnoun

a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries

Relationshipnoun

state of relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption