Relevant vs Affiliate - What's the difference?
relevant | affiliate |
Directly related, connected, or pertinent to a topic.
Not out of date; current.
* {{quote-news, year=1973, date=December 20, title=Hansen says Christmas time for thanks, hope, work=The Aberdeen Times
, passage=The message of Christmas is still relevant as we near the end of a troubled year and the beginning of an uncertain but challenging new year.}}
* {{quote-book, year=2008, author=Scott Cooper, Fritz Grutzner, Birk Cooper, title=Tips and Traps for Marketing Your Business, publisher=McGraw-Hill, isbn=978-0071494892
, passage=Motorola was quickly losing the cell-phone battle to Nokia for a time. When they launched the RAZR phone and combined it with their "Hello Moto" campaign, it made the brand relevant again.}}
Someone or something that is affiliated, or associated; a member of a group of associated things.
To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
* I. Taylor
To fix the paternity of; — said of an illegitimate child.
To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.
* H. Spencer
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 .
As an adjective relevant
is directly related, connected, or pertinent to a topic.As a noun affiliate is
someone or something that is affiliated, or associated; a member of a group of associated things.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.relevant
English
(wikipedia relevant)Adjective
(en adjective)- His mother provided some relevant background information concerning his medical condition.
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Synonyms
* applicable * germane * in point (legal) * pertinent * salient * significantAntonyms
*Derived terms
* safety-relevantExternal links
* *Anagrams
* ----affiliate
English
Noun
(en noun)- The local channel was an affiliate of a national network.
Verb
(affiliat)- Is the soul affiliated to God, or is it estranged and in rebellion?
- to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another
- How do these facts tend to affiliate the faculty of hearing upon the aboriginal vegetative processes?