Contact vs Associate - What's the difference?
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The act of touching physically; being in close association.
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, title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=1
, passage=She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.}}
The establishment of communication (with).
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, passage=In the old days, […], he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned. But he had then none of the oddities and mannerisms which I hold to be inseparable from genius, and which struck my attention in after days when I came in contact with the Celebrity.}}
A nodule designed to connect a device with something else.
Someone with whom one is in communication.
(label) A contact lens.
(label) A device designed for repetitive connections.
Contact juggling.
(mining) The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock.
To touch; to come into physical contact with.
To establish communication with something or someone
Joined with another or others and having equal or nearly equal status.
Having partial status or privileges.
Following or accompanying; concomitant.
(biology, dated) Connected by habit or sympathy.
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.
(lb) To join in or form a league, union, or association.
(lb) To spend time socially; keep company.
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*: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.
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(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.
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(lb) To be associative.
To accompany; to keep company with.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:Friends should associate friends in grief and woe.
In transitive terms the difference between contact and associate
is that contact is to establish communication with something or someone while associate is to connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination.As an adjective associate is
joined with another or others and having equal or nearly equal status.contact
English
Noun
(en noun)George Goodchild
- (Raymond)
Derived terms
* body contact * contact hitter * contactable * eye contact * first contact * golden contact * point of contact / POCVerb
(en verb)- The side of the car contacted the pedestrian.
- I am trying to contact my sister.
associate
English
Adjective
(-)- He is an associate editor.
- He is an associate member of the club.
- associate motions: those that occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* See alsoVerb
(associat)Philip J. Bushnell
Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance, passage=Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident.}}