Associate
Associate verb - To come or be together as friends.
Usage example: a socially ambitious couple who joined the country club in order to associate with the right sort of people
League is a synonym for associate in joining topic. In some cases you can use "League" instead a verb "Associate", when it comes to topics like connect, federate, connect in the mind.
League
League verb - To form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members.
Usage example: the whole block leagued together to keep a liquor store from opening in their neighborhood
Associate is a synonym for league in joining topic. Sometimes you can use "Associate" instead a verb "League", if it concerns topics such as unite, federate.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- Red Herring: Cooper-ffrench is built up to be Count Carnifex's associate in Eton, but it is later revealed that he has nothing to do with him, and the Cool Teacher Haight is in league with him.
Source: Literature / Blood Fever -
In Poul Anderson's Polesotechnic League stories, David Falkayn's associate, the alien Adzel (who looks like a large centauroid dragon), is a Buddhist (which naturally he learned about from humans).
Source: Klingons Love Shakespeare
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