relation vs connectedness

connectedness vs relation

relation and connectedness both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
relation	Yes	No	No	No
connectedness	Yes	No	No	No

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

relation: an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
connectedness: a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)

Other hyponyms of relation include possession, social relation, position, spatial relation, ownership, causality, human relationship, relationship, function, association, logical relation, mathematical relation, foundation, connection, connexion, unconnectedness, linguistic relation, component, component part, constituent, part, portion, affinity, kinship, family relationship, kinship, relationship, magnitude relation, quantitative relation, control, business relation, reciprocality, reciprocity, interrelatedness, interrelation, interrelationship, temporal relation, comparison, oppositeness, opposition, change.

relation (noun)	connectedness (noun)
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together	a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
(usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups	the state of being connected
sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur
(law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time
an act of narration
a person related by blood or marriage

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