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Affiliate vs Confrere - What's the difference?

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Affiliate is a related term of confrere.


As nouns the difference between affiliate and confrere

is that affiliate is someone or something that is affiliated, or associated; a member of a group of associated things while confrere is colleague, coworker.

As a verb affiliate

is to adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.

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

    confrere

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a colleague or fellow, especially a professional one
    • Unfortunately, when it comes to the informant who turns state’s evidence against a confrere , the OED slaps on the obscure origin label.'', Michael Sheehan, ''Wordmall , February 18, 2008.

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