Relation vs. Relative

Relationnoun

The manner in which two things may be associated.

Relationnoun

A member of one's family.

Relationnoun

The act of relating a story.

Relationnoun

(set theory) A set of ordered tuples.

Relationnoun

(set theory) Specifically, a set of ordered pairs.

Relationnoun

(databases) A set of ordered tuples retrievable by a relational database; a table.

Relationnoun

(mathematics) A statement of equality of two products of generators, used in the presentation of a group.

Relationnoun

(category theory) A subobject of a product of objects.

Relationnoun

(usually collocated: sexual relation) The act of intercourse.

Relationnoun

The act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of historical events.

Relationnoun

The state of being related or of referring; what is apprehended as appertaining to a being or quality, by considering it in its bearing upon something else; relative quality or condition; the being such and such with regard or respect to some other thing; connection; as, the relation of experience to knowledge; the relation of master to servant.

Relationnoun

Reference; respect; regard.

Relationnoun

Connection by consanguinity or affinity; kinship; relationship; as, the relation of parents and children.

Relationnoun

A person connected by cosanguinity or affinity; a relative; a kinsman or kinswoman.

Relationnoun

The carrying back, and giving effect or operation to, an act or proceeding frrom some previous date or time, by a sort of fiction, as if it had happened or begun at that time. In such case the act is said to take effect by relation.

Relationnoun

an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together

Relationnoun

the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur

Relationnoun

a person related by blood or marriage;

Relationnoun

an act of narration;

Relationnoun

(law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time;

Relationnoun

(usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups;

Relativeadjective

Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.

Relativeadjective

Expressed in relation to another item, rather than in complete form.

Relativeadjective

(grammar) That relates to an antecedent.

Relativeadjective

(music) Having the same key but differing in being major or minor.

Relativeadjective

Relevant; pertinent; related.

Relativeadjective

Capable to be changed by other beings or circumstance; conditional.

Relativenoun

Someone in the same family; someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption.

Relativenoun

(linguistics) A type of adjective that inflects like a relative clause, rather than a true adjective, in certain Bantu languages.

Relativeadjective

Having relation or reference; referring; respecting; standing in connection; pertaining; as, arguments not relative to the subject.

Relativeadjective

Arising from relation; resulting from connection with, or reference to, something else; not absolute.

Relativeadjective

Indicating or expressing relation; refering to an antecedent; as, a relative pronoun.

Relativeadjective

Characterizing or pertaining to chords and keys, which, by reason of the identify of some of their tones, admit of a natural transition from one to the other.

Relativenoun

One who, or that which, relates to, or is considered in its relation to, something else; a relative object or term; one of two object or term; one of two objects directly connected by any relation.

Relativenoun

a person related by blood or marriage;

Relativenoun

an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)

Relativeadjective

not absolute or complete;

Relativeadjective

properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to';

Relativeadjective

considered in relation or in proportion to something else

Relativeadjective

existing or possessing a specified characteristic only in comparison to something else; not absolute

Relativeadjective

denoting a pronoun, determiner, or adverb that refers to an expressed or implied antecedent and attaches a subordinate clause to it, e.g. which, who.

Relativeadjective

(of a clause) attached to an antecedent by a relative word.

Relativeadjective

(of major and minor keys) having the same key signature.

Relativeadjective

(of a service rank) corresponding in grade to another in a different service.

Relativenoun

a person connected by blood or marriage

Relativenoun

a species related to another by common origin

Relativenoun

a relative pronoun, determiner, or adverb.

Relativenoun

a term or concept which is dependent on something else.