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Affection vs Connection - What's the difference?

affection | connection |

As nouns the difference between affection and connection

is that affection is the act of affecting or acting upon while connection is the act of connecting.

As a verb affection

is to feel an affection, emotion or love for.

affection

English

(wikipedia affection)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of affecting or acting upon.
  • The state of being affected.
  • An attribute; a quality or property; a condition; a bodily state; as, figure, weight, etc., are affections of bodies.
  • Bent of mind; a feeling or natural impulse or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind; any emotion; as, the benevolent affections, esteem, gratitude, etc.; the malevolent affections, hatred, envy, etc.; inclination; disposition; propensity; tendency.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-23, author=(Mark Cocker)
    • , volume=189, issue=11, page=26, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Wings of Desire , passage=Our affections for wild animals are distributed very unevenly. Take insects. Some 750,000 species have already been documented worldwide and the great American naturalist EO Wilson called them "the little things that run the world". Through their recycling of nutrients and the supply of base-level protein to a vast array of higher life forms, insects underpin the existence of life on this planet. Yet when it comes to human concern for creepy-crawlies, forget it.}}
  • A feeling of love or strong attachment.
  • * 1813 , Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice Chapter 61
    • Mr. Bennet missed his second daughter exceedingly; his affection for her drew him oftener from home than anything else could do. He delighted in going to Pemberley, especially when he was least expected.
  • (medicine, archaic) Disease; morbid symptom; malady.
  • * Dunglison
    • a pulmonary affection

    Synonyms

    * (kind feeling) attachment, fondness, kindness, love, passion, tenderness

    Usage notes

    In the sense of "feeling of love or strong attachment", it is often in the plural; formerly followed by "to", but now more generally by "for" or "toward(s)", for example filial, social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for or towards children

    Derived terms

    {{der3, affectional , affectionate , affectionated , affectionately , affectionateness , affectioned}}

    Related terms

    {{rel3, affect , affectation , affecter , affective}}

    Verb

  • to feel an , emotion or love for.

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    connection

    English

    Alternative forms

    * connexion , (abbreviation)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The act of connecting.
  • The point at which two or more things are connected.
    • the connection between overeating and obesity
    My headache has no connection with me going out last night.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2004 , date=April 15 , author= , title=Morning swoop in hunt for Jodi's killer , work=The Scotsman citation , page= , passage=A spokesman for Lothian and Borders Police said: "We can confirm that a 15-year-old boy has been arrested and charged in connection with the murder of Jodi Jones. A 45-year-old has also been arrested in connection with allegations of attempting to pervert the course of justice. A report on this has been sent to the procurator fiscal." }}
  • A feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people.
    • As we were the only people in the room to laugh at the joke, I felt a connection between us.
  • An established communications or transportation link.
    • computers linked by a network connection
    I was talking to him, but there was lightning and we lost the connection .
  • (transport) A transfer from one transportation vehicle to another in scheduled transportation service
    • The bus was late so he missed his connection at Penn Station and had to wait six hours for the next train.
  • A kinship relationship between people.