Affiliation vs. Band — What's the Difference?

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

A thin strip of flexible material used to encircle and bind one object or to hold a number of objects together

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

A strip or stripe that contrasts with something else in color, texture, or material.

To assign the origin of.

A narrow strip of fabric used to trim, finish, or reinforce articles of clothing.

To become closely connected or associated

Something that constrains or binds morally or legally

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

A simple ring, especially a wedding ring.

The relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another.

A neckband or collar.

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

Bands The two strips hanging from the front of a collar as part of the dress of certain clerics, scholars, and lawyers.

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

A high collar popular in the 1500s and 1600s.

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

(Biology) A chromatically, structurally, or functionally differentiated strip or stripe in or on an organism.

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

(Anatomy) A cordlike tissue that connects or holds structures together.

Connection in the way of descent.

A specific range of wavelengths or frequencies of electromagnetic radiation.

A social or business relationship;

A range of very closely spaced electron energy levels in solids, the distribution and nature of which determine the electrical properties of a material.

The act of becoming formally connected or joined;

Any of the distinct grooves on a long-playing phonograph record that contains an individual selection or a separate section of a whole.

A cord or strip across the back of a book to which the sheets or quires are attached.

A group of people

A group of animals.

(Anthropology) A unit of social organization especially among hunter-gatherers, consisting of a usually small number of families living together cooperatively.

(Canadian) An aboriginal group officially recognized as an organized unit by the Canadian government. See Usage Note at First Nation.

A group of musicians who perform as an ensemble.

To tie, bind, or encircle with or as if with a band.

To mark or identify with a band

To assemble or unite in a group.

To form a group; unite

A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.

A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.

A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it.

A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached.

A belt or strap that is part of a machine.

A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area.

(architecture) A strip of decoration.

A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of colour, or of brickwork.

In Gothic architecture, the moulding, or suite of mouldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.

That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.

A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.

(in the plural) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.

(physics) A part of the electromagnetic spectrum.

(physics) A group of energy levels in a solid state material.

(obsolete) A bond.

(obsolete) Pledge; security.

A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify it.

(sciences) Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc

(medicine) band cell

A wad of money totaling $1K, held together by a band; (by extension) money

A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble, usually for a professional recording artist.

A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music.

A marching band.

A group of people loosely united for a common purpose a band of thieves.

(anthropology) A small group of people living in a simple society, contrasted with tribes, chiefdoms, and states.

(Canada) A group of aboriginals that has official recognition as an organized unit by the federal government of Canada.

To fasten with a band.

To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird).

(intransitive) To group together for a common purpose; to confederate.

To group (students) together by perceived ability; to stream.

A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or confined; a fetter.

A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of color, or of brickwork, etc.

That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.

A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.

A narrow strip of cloth or other material on any article of dress, to bind, strengthen, ornament, or complete it.

A company of persons united in any common design, especially a body of armed men.

A number of musicians who play together upon portable musical instruments, especially those making a loud sound, as certain wind instruments (trumpets, clarinets, etc.), and drums, or cymbals; as, a high school's marching band.

A space between elevated lines or ribs, as of the fruits of umbelliferous plants.

A stripe, streak, or other mark transverse to the axis of the body.

A belt or strap.

A bond.

Pledge; security.

To bind or tie with a band.

To mark with a band.

To unite in a troop, company, or confederacy.

To confederate for some common purpose; to unite; to conspire together.

To bandy; to drive away.

An unofficial association of people or groups;

Instrumentalists not including string players

A stripe of contrasting color;

A strip or stripe of a contrasting color or material

A group of musicians playing popular music for dancing

A range of frequencies between two limits

Something elongated that is worn around the body or one of the limbs

Jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger;

A strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)

A restraint put around something to hold it together

Bind or tie together, as with a band

Attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify;