Association
Association noun - The fact or state of having something in common.
Usage example: what's the association between cat hair and my allergic reaction to certain proteins?
Link is a synonym for association in friendship topic. In some cases you can use "Link" instead a noun "Association", when it comes to topics like relationship, entanglement.
Link
Link noun - A rod-shaped portion of seasoned ground meat in a casing.
Association is a synonym for link in connection topic. You can use "Association" instead a noun "Link", if it concerns topics such as bond, relationship, component, entanglement.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
How words are described
| close | close association | close link |
| old | old association | old link |
| similar | similar association | similar link |
| common | common association | common link |
| Other adjectives: direct, current, obvious, strong, entire, little, infamous, personal, new, permanent, mental, possible, mysterious, strange, previous, thematic, stronger, strongest. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- In Pokémon Conquest he's basically the same as in Samurai Warriors, except that they play up his association with fire by giving him Charizard as his best link Pokémon.
Source: Useful Notes / Sanada Yukimura -
The place where Ethan wakes after his first blackout is where Shelby's brother died, which Ethan went to thanks to their psychic link and Shelby's association of this event with his murders.
Source: Video Game / Heavy Rain - He killed Brunstead of the Crimson Moon, helped raise Arcueid, is trolling the Mage Association and the participants of the Fuyuki Grail Wars, which he started by jury-rigging a potential link to the root of all things and knowledge, the Akasha, and travels alternate dimensions, among other things.
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