Affiliation vs. Affiliate — What's the Difference?

To adopt or accept as a member, subordinate associate, or branch

Officially attach or connect (a subsidiary group or a person) to an organization

To associate (oneself) as a subordinate, subsidiary, employee, or member

A person or organization officially attached to a larger body

To assign the origin of.

To adopt or accept as a member, subordinate associate, or branch

To become closely connected or associated

To associate (oneself) as a subordinate, subsidiary, employee, or member

A person, organization, or establishment associated with another as a subordinate, subsidiary, or member

To assign the origin of.

The relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another.

To become closely connected or associated

(legal) The establishment of a child's paternity or maternity

A person, organization, or establishment associated with another as a subordinate, subsidiary, or member

A club, society or umbrella organisation so formed, especially a trade union.

Someone or something, especially, a television station, that is associated with a larger, related organization, such as a television network; a member of a group of associated things.

Adoption; association or reception as a member in or of the same family or society.

(transitive) To adopt; to receive into a family as one's offspring

The establishment or ascertaining of parentage; the assignment of a child, as a bastard, to its father; filiation.

(transitive) to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.

Connection in the way of descent.

To fix the paternity of

A social or business relationship;

(transitive) To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.

The act of becoming formally connected or joined;

To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.

To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.

To fix the paternity of; - said of an illegitimate child; as, to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another.

To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.

To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.; - followed by to or with.

To connect or associate one's self; - followed by with; as, they affiliate with no party.

A subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization

A subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization;

Join in an affiliation;

Keep company with; hang out with;

Join in an affiliation;