Affinity vs. Kin

Affinitynoun

A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing.

Kinnoun

Race; family; breed; kind.

Affinitynoun

A family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity (e.g. sister).

Kinnoun

(collectively) Persons of the same race or family; kindred.

Affinitynoun

A kinsman or kinswoman of a such relationship; one who is affinal.

Kinnoun

One or more relatives, such as siblings or cousins, taken collectively.

Affinitynoun

The fact of and manner in which something is related to another.

Kinnoun

Relationship; same-bloodedness or affinity; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.

Affinitynoun

Any romantic relationship.

Kinnoun

Kind; sort; manner; way.

Affinitynoun

Any passionate love for something.

Kinadjective

Related by blood or marriage, akin. Generally used in "kin to".

‘It turns out my back-fence neighbor is kin to one of my co-workers.’;

Affinitynoun

(taxonomy) resemblances between biological populations; resemblances that suggest that they are of a common origin, type or stock.

Kinnoun

A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings.

Affinitynoun

(geology) structural resemblances between minerals; resemblances that suggest that they are of a common origin or type.

Kinnoun

Relationship, consanguinity, or affinity; connection by birth or marriage; kindred; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.

Affinitynoun

(chemistry) An attractive force between atoms, or groups of atoms, that contributes towards their forming bonds

Kinnoun

Relatives; persons of the same family or race.

‘The father, mother, and the kin beside.’; ‘You are of kin, and so a friend to their persons.’;

Affinitynoun

(medicine) The attraction between an antibody and an antigen

Kinnoun

The unit velocity in the C. G. S. system - a velocity of one centimeter per second.

Affinitynoun

(computing) tendency to keep a task running on the same processor in a symmetric multiprocessing operating system to reduce the frequency of cache misses

Kinadjective

Of the same nature or kind; kinder.

Affinitynoun

(geometry) An automorphism of affine space.

Kinnoun

a person having kinship with another or others;

‘he's kin’; ‘he's family’;

Affinitynoun

Relationship by marriage (as between a husband and his wife's blood relations, or between a wife and her husband's blood relations); - in contradistinction to consanguinity, or relationship by blood; - followed by with, to, or between.

‘Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh.’;

Kinnoun

group of people related by blood or marriage

Affinitynoun

Kinship generally; close agreement; relation; conformity; resemblance; connection; as, the affinity of sounds, of colors, or of languages.

‘There is a close affinity between imposture and credulity.’;

Kinadjective

related by blood

Affinitynoun

Companionship; acquaintance.

‘About forty years past, I began a happy affinity with William Cranmer.’;

Affinitynoun

That attraction which takes place, at an insensible distance, between the heterogeneous particles of bodies, and unites them to form chemical compounds; chemism; chemical or elective affinity or attraction.

Affinitynoun

A relation between species or higher groups dependent on resemblance in the whole plan of structure, and indicating community of origin.

Affinitynoun

A superior spiritual relationship or attraction held to exist sometimes between persons, esp. persons of the opposite sex; also, the man or woman who exerts such psychical or spiritual attraction.

Affinitynoun

the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule;

‘basic dyes have an affinity for wool and silk’;

Affinitynoun

(immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody

Affinitynoun

kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship

Affinitynoun

(biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts;

‘in anatomical structure prehistoric man shows close affinity with modern humans’;

Affinitynoun

a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character;

‘found a natural affinity with the immigrants’; ‘felt a deep kinship with the other students’; ‘anthropology's kinship with the humanities’;

Affinitynoun

inherent resemblance between persons or things

Affinitynoun

a natural attraction or feeling of kinship;

‘an affinity for politics’; ‘the mysterious affinity between them’; ‘James's affinity with Sam’;