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Affectionate vs Consanguineous - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between affectionate and consanguineous

is that affectionate is having affection or warm regard; loving; fond while consanguineous is related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor.

As a verb affectionate

is to show affection to; to have affection for.

affectionate

English

Etymology 1

Partly from (etyl) affectionatus, partly from affection + .

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (of a person) Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.
  • She eulogised her always warm and affectionate brother.
  • Characterised by or proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender.
  • the affectionate''' care of a parent; an '''affectionate''' countenance; an '''affectionate''' message; ' affectionate language
  • * 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,
  • Warwick left the undertaker's shop and retraced his steps until he had passed the lawyer's office, toward which he threw an affectionate glance.
    Synonyms
    * tender; lovesome; attached; loving; devoted; warm; fond; earnest; ardent. * See also
    Derived terms
    * affectionately

    Etymology 2

    Either from the adjective, or from affection + (modelled on Middle French affectionner).

    Verb

    (affectionat)
  • (rare) To show affection to; to have affection for.
  • (obsolete, reflexive) To emotionally attach (oneself) to.
  • *, Folio Society, 2006, p.21:
  • Plutarch saith fitly of those who affectionate themselves to Monkies and little Dogges, that.
  • * 1721 , John Rushworth, Historical Collections Of Private Passages of State, etc.: 1618—1629 , Volume 1, page 222,
  • And fir?t, his Maje?ty would have you to under?tand, That there was never any King more loving to his People, or better affectionated to the right u?e of Parliaments, than his Maje?ty hath approved him?elf to be,.
  • * 1838 February 1, (Charles Dickens), To Catherine Dickens'', 2012, Jenny Hartley (editor), ''The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens , page 41,
  • Ever my dear Kate your affectionated husband
    CHARLES DICKENS
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    consanguineous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor.
  • * 2002', B. Modell and A. Darr, "Science and society: genetic counselling and customary '''consanguineous marriage," ''Nature Reviews: Genetics , vol 3. no. 3 (Mar.), p. 225,
  • Consanguineous marriage is customary in many societies, but leads to an increased birth prevalence of infants with severe recessive disorders.

    Synonyms

    * consanguine * consanguineal * same-blooded

    See also

    * affinal