Connections
Pairings and connections are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pairings" instead a noun "Connections".
Pairings
Connections and pairings are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Connections" instead a noun "Pairings".
Both words in one sentence
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Slash Fic: Apart from the Susan/Caspian ship, there really are no other usual pairings that do not involve partners of the same sex, blood connections, and sometimes both at the same time.
Source: Film / The Chronicles of Narnia - The more popular Ninjago ships among the pairings between the ninjas (or at least the ones with obvious word connections between the partners) have names combining their respective elements.
Source: Idiosyncratic Ship Naming - Synopsis: okay, I'm not sure whether this should be filed under pairings or not... I mean there's an established relationship in parts of it... nine scenes exploring the connections between Mitt, Moril and Maewen before, during, and after canon.
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