association vs gild

gild vs association

association and gild both are nouns.

association is not a verb while gild is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
association	Yes	No	No	No
gild	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, gild is a hyponym of association; that is, gild is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than association:

association: a formal organization of people or groups of people
gild: a formal association of people with similar interests

Other hyponyms of association include American Baptist Convention, Northern Baptist Convention, Southern Baptist Convention, cooperative, club, guild, lodge, order, social club, society, family, fellowship, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, VFW, conference, league, secret society, consortium, pool, syndicate, professional association, Fabian Society, gang, mob, pack, ring, legion, chamber of commerce, institute, sisterhood, sistership, AARP, Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons, National Association of Realtors, ASEAN, Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

association (noun)	gild (noun)
the act of consorting with or joining with others	a formal association of people with similar interests
the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
a formal organization of people or groups of people
(ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species
(chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding
a relation resulting from interaction or dependence
a social or business relationship
the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination

association (verb)	gild (verb)
	decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold

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