Related vs Connection - What's the difference?
related | connection |
Standing in relation or connection.
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Narrated; told.
(music) Same as the adjective relative.
(mathematics) Fulfilling a relation.
(in combination) Having a relationship with the thing named
(relate)
(uncountable) The act of connecting.
The point at which two or more things are connected.
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A feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people.
An established communications or transportation link.
(transport) A transfer from one transportation vehicle to another in scheduled transportation service
A kinship relationship between people.
As an adjective related
is standing in relation or connection.As a verb related
is (relate).As a noun connection is
(uncountable) the act of connecting.related
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Adjective
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Verb
(head)See also
* relation * relationship * interrelate * interrelatedAnagrams
* * * * *connection
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Alternative forms
* connexion , (abbreviation)Noun
- the connection between overeating and obesity
- My headache has no connection with me going out last night.
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- As we were the only people in the room to laugh at the joke, I felt a connection between us.
- computers linked by a network connection
- I was talking to him, but there was lightning and we lost the connection .
- The bus was late so he missed his connection at Penn Station and had to wait six hours for the next train.