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Affiliate vs Associated - What's the difference?

affiliate | associated |

As verbs the difference between affiliate and associated

is that affiliate is to adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally while associated is (associate).

As a noun affiliate

is someone or something that is affiliated, or associated; a member of a group of associated things.

affiliate

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone or something that is affiliated, or associated; a member of a group of associated things.
    • The local channel was an affiliate of a national network.

    Verb

    (affiliat)
  • To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
  • * I. Taylor
    • Is the soul affiliated to God, or is it estranged and in rebellion?
  • To fix the paternity of; — said of an illegitimate child.
    • to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another
  • To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.
  • * H. Spencer
    • How do these facts tend to affiliate the faculty of hearing upon the aboriginal vegetative processes?
  • To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.; — followed by to'' or ''with .

    • Derived terms

    * affiliate with * affiliate to * affiliation

    associated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (associate)

    • Statistics

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    associate

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Joined with another or others and having equal or nearly equal status.
    • He is an associate editor.
  • Having partial status or privileges.
    • He is an associate member of the club.
  • Following or accompanying; concomitant.
  • (biology, dated) Connected by habit or sympathy.
    • associate motions: those that occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner or colleague.
  • A companion; a comrade.
  • One that habitually accompanies or is associated with another; an attendant circumstance.
  • A member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (associat)
  • (lb) To join in or form a league, union, or association.
  • (lb) To spend time socially; keep company.
  • :
  • *
  • *:As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish,I do not suppose that it matters much in reality whether laws are made by dukes or cornerboys, but I like, as far as possible, to associate with gentlemen in private life.
  • (lb) To join as a partner, ally, or friend.
  • (lb) To connect or join together; combine.
  • :
  • (lb) To connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination.
  • *(rfdate) (John Keats) (1795-1821)
  • *:I always somehow associate Chatterton with autumn.
  • * (1800-1859)
  • *:He succeeded in associating his name inseparably with some names which will last as long as our language.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Philip J. Bushnell
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  • To endorse.
  • *
  • (lb) To be associative.
  • To accompany; to keep company with.
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:Friends should associate friends in grief and woe.

    • Synonyms

    * join

    Antonyms

    * disassociate

    References

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