Connection vs. Relation

Connectionnoun

(uncountable) The act of connecting.

Relationnoun

The manner in which two things may be associated.

‘The relation between diet and health is complex.’;

Connectionnoun

The point at which two or more things are connected.

‘the connection between overeating and obesity’; ‘My headache has no connection with me going out last night.’;

Relationnoun

A member of one's family.

‘Yes, he's a relation of mine, but only a distant one.’;

Connectionnoun

A feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people.

‘As we were the only people in the room to laugh at the joke, I felt a connection between us.’;

Relationnoun

The act of relating a story.

‘Your relation of the events is different from mine.’;

Connectionnoun

An established communications or transportation link.

‘computers linked by a network connection’; ‘I was talking to him, but there was lightning and we lost the connection.’;

Relationnoun

(set theory) A set of ordered tuples.

Connectionnoun

(transport) A transfer from one transportation vehicle to another in scheduled transportation service

‘The bus was late so he missed his connection at Penn Station and had to wait six hours for the next train.’;

Relationnoun

(set theory) Specifically, a set of ordered pairs.

‘Equality is a symmetric relation, while divisibility is not.’;

Connectionnoun

A kinship relationship between people.

Relationnoun

(databases) A set of ordered tuples retrievable by a relational database; a table.

‘This relation uses the customer's social security number as a key.’;

Connectionnoun

An individual who is related to oneself.

‘I have some connections in Lancashire.’;

Relationnoun

(mathematics) A statement of equality of two products of generators, used in the presentation of a group.

Connectionnoun

A set of sets that contains the empty set, all one-element sets for any element that is included in any of the sets, and the union of any group of sets that are elements where the intersections of those sets is non-empty.

Relationnoun

(category theory) A subobject of a product of objects.

Connectionnoun

; lack of disjointedness

Relationnoun

(usually collocated: sexual relation) The act of intercourse.

Connectionnoun

The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; the act or process of bringing two things into contact; junction; union; as, the connection between church and state is inescapable; the connection of pipes of different diameters requires an adapter.

Relationnoun

The act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of historical events.

‘oet's relation doth well figure them.’;

Connectionnoun

That which connects or joins together; bond; tie.

Relationnoun

The state of being related or of referring; what is apprehended as appertaining to a being or quality, by considering it in its bearing upon something else; relative quality or condition; the being such and such with regard or respect to some other thing; connection; as, the relation of experience to knowledge; the relation of master to servant.

‘Any sort of connection which is perceived or imagined between two or more things, or any comparison which is made by the mind, is a relation.’;

Connectionnoun

any relationship between things or events; association; alliance; as, a causal connection between interest rates and stock prices.

‘He [Algazel] denied the possibility of a known connection between cause and effect.’; ‘The eternal and inseparable connection between virtue and happiness.’; ‘Any sort of connection which is perceived or imagined between two or more things.’;

Relationnoun

Reference; respect; regard.

‘I have been importuned to make some observations on this art in relation to its agreement with poetry.’;

Connectionnoun

A relation; esp. a person connected with another by marriage rather than by blood; - used in a loose and indefinite, and sometimes a comprehensive, sense.

Relationnoun

Connection by consanguinity or affinity; kinship; relationship; as, the relation of parents and children.

‘Relations dear, and all the charitiesOf father, son, and brother, first were known.’;

Connectionnoun

The persons or things that are connected; as, a business connection; the Methodist connection.

‘Men elevated by powerful connection.’; ‘At the head of a strong parliamentary connection.’; ‘Whose names, forces, connections, and characters were perfectly known to him.’;

Relationnoun

A person connected by cosanguinity or affinity; a relative; a kinsman or kinswoman.

‘For me . . . my relation does not care a rush.’;

Connectionnoun

something that connects other objects.

Relationnoun

The carrying back, and giving effect or operation to, an act or proceeding frrom some previous date or time, by a sort of fiction, as if it had happened or begun at that time. In such case the act is said to take effect by relation.

Connectionnoun

usually plural) an acquaintance or acquaintances who are influential or in a position of power and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship); as, he has powerful connections.

Relationnoun

an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together

Connectionnoun

a communications channel; as, my cell phone had a bad connection.

Relationnoun

the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur

Connectionnoun

a vehicle in which one may continue a journey after debarking from another vehicle; the departing vehicle of a connection{9}; as, my connection leaves four hours after my arrival; I missed my connection.

Relationnoun

a person related by blood or marriage;

‘police are searching for relatives of the deceased’; ‘he has distant relations back in New Jersey’;

Connectionnoun

the scheduled arrival of one vehicle and departure of a second, sufficiently close in time and place to allow the departing vehicle serve as a means of continuing a journey begun or continued in the first vehicle; as, we can get a connection at Newark to continue on to Paris; - most commonly used of airplanes, trains, and buses arriving and departing at the same terminal.

Relationnoun

an act of narration;

‘he was the hero according to his own relation’; ‘his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable’;

Connectionnoun

the transfer of a passenger from one vehicle to another to continue a journey; as, the connection was made in Copenhagen; - most commonly of scheduled transportation on common carriers.

Relationnoun

(law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time;

‘his attorney argued for the relation back of the ammended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed’;

Connectionnoun

a vendor who can supply desired materials at a favorable price, or under conditions when other sources are unavailable; as, to get a bargain from one's connection in the jewelry trade; to have connections for the purchase of marijuana; - often used in the pl..

Relationnoun

(usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups;

‘international relations’;

Connectionnoun

the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination.

Connectionnoun

a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it);

‘there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare’;

Connectionnoun

the state of being connected;

‘the connection between church and state is inescapable’;

Connectionnoun

an instrumentality that connects;

‘he soldered the connection’; ‘he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers’;

Connectionnoun

(usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship);

‘he has powerful connections’;

Connectionnoun

the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination;

‘conditioning is a form of learning by association’;

Connectionnoun

a connecting shape

Connectionnoun

a supplier (especially of narcotics)

Connectionnoun

shifting from one form of transportation to another;

‘the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta’;

Connectionnoun

the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication);

‘the joining of hands around the table’; ‘there was a connection via the internet’;