association vs relationship

relationship vs association

association and relationship both are nouns.

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

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

association: a social or business relationship
relationship: a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries

association (noun)	relationship (noun)
the act of consorting with or joining with others	a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness)
the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination	(anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
a formal organization of people or groups of people	a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection)
(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	a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries
(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

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