Affectionate vs Related - What's the difference?

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Affectionate is a related term of related.

As adjectives the difference between affectionate and related

is that affectionate is (of a person) having affection or warm regard; loving; fond while related is standing in relation or connection.

As verbs the difference between affectionate and related

is that affectionate is (rare) to show affection to; to have affection for while related is (relate).

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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English

Adjective

(en adjective)

Standing in relation or connection.

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Being a relative of.

Narrated; told.

(music) Same as the adjective relative.

(mathematics) Fulfilling a relation.

(in combination) Having a relationship with the thing named

Verb

(head)

(relate)

Anagrams

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