Connection
Connection noun - The fact or state of having something in common.
Tendency and connection are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tendency" instead a noun "Connection".
Tendency
Tendency noun - An established pattern of behavior.
Connection and tendency are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Connection" instead a noun "Tendency".
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- Before JKR made it canon, the only connection between Snape and Lucius was that they were both Death Eaters and Snape's tendency to praise and shield Draco.
Source: Fanon / Harry Potter - Pretty Cure All Stars movies seem to have a tendency to use this trope gratuitously, due to lack of connection between individual Pretty Cure series.
Source: Diabolus ex Nihilo - In general, since the Chinese terms for "superhuman" and "superhero" are very clunky for titles, there is a strong tendency to translate everything to 超人 (literally "super man") even if it has no connection to Superman.
Source: Translation Matchmaking
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