Relationships vs Fellowship - What's the difference?
relationships | fellowship |
A company of people that share the same interest or aim.
A feeling of friendship, relatedness or connection between people.
A merit-based scholarship.
A temporary position at an academic institution with limited teaching duties and ample time for research; this may also be called a postdoc.
(medicine) A period of supervised, sub-specialty medical training in the United States and Canada that a physician may undertake after completing a specialty training program or residency.
(Christianity) Spiritual communion with a divine being.
To admit to fellowship, enter into fellowship with; to make feel welcome by showing friendship or building a cordial relationship.
* Sidney John Hervon Herrtage (editor), The early English versions of the Gesta Romanorum'', first edition (1879), anthology, published for The Early English Text Society by N. Trübner & Co., translation of ''(Gesta Romanorum) by anon., xxxiv. 135, (Harl. MS. c.1440),
*:: Then Peace saw her sisters all in accord...she turned again; for when contentions and strife were ceased, then Peace was fellowshipped among them.
To join in fellowship; to associate with.
* (Hans Kurath) quoting (Nicholas Love) (translator), (The Mirror of the Blessed Life of Jesus Christ)'', fifth edition (1989), quoted in ''Middle English Dictionary'', translation of ''Meditationes Vitae Christi by (Pseudo-Bonaventura), (Gibbs MS. c.1400),
*:: Our lord Jesus came in the manner of a pilgrim and fellowshipped with them.
As nouns the difference between relationships and fellowship
is that relationships is plural of lang=en while fellowship is a company of people that share the same interest or aim.As a verb fellowship is
to admit to fellowship, enter into fellowship with; to make feel welcome by showing friendship or building a cordial relationship. Now only in religious use.fellowship
English
(fellow)Noun
(en noun)- The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit
be with you all. (2 Corinthians 13:14, ESV))
Verb
- ''The Bishop's family fellowshipped the new converts.
- The Society of Religious Snobs refused to fellowship the poor, immigrant family.
page 135:
- Then pes seynge hir sistris alle in acorde...she turnid ayene; For whenne contencions & styf wer' cessid, then pes was felashipid among hem.
- The megachurch he attends is too big for making personal connections, so he also fellowships weekly in one of the church's small groups.
- After she got married, she stopped fellowshipping with the singles in our church.
page 463:
- Oure lorde Jesu came in manere of a pilgrym and felauschipped' [Aldh ' felischippede ] with hem.