association vs grouping

grouping vs association

association and grouping both are nouns.

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

As nouns, grouping is a hypernym of association; that is, grouping is a word with a broader meaning than association:

association: (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
grouping: any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

Other hypernyms of association include group.

association (noun)	grouping (noun)
the act of consorting with or joining with others	any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination	the activity of putting things together in groups
a formal organization of people or groups of people	a system for classifying things into groups
(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

Difference between association and grouping

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