relationship vs association

association vs relationship

relationship and association both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of relationship include account, business relationship, acquaintance, acquaintanceship, affiliation, tie-up, tie, assimilation, friendly relationship, friendship, membership, subjection, subjugation.

relationship (noun)	association (noun)
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 act of consorting with or joining with others
(anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption	the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection)	a formal organization of people or groups of people
a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries	(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

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