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Affiliation vs Filiation - What's the difference?

affiliation | filiation |

As nouns the difference between affiliation and filiation

is that affiliation is the relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another while filiation is the condition of being a child of a specified parent.

affiliation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another.
  • A club, society or umbrella organisation so formed, especially a trade union.

    • filiation

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The condition of being a child of a specified parent
  • (countable) The ancestry or lineage shared by a group having the same bloodline
  • (countable, legal) The determination of paternity