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Relate vs. Resonate — What's the Difference?

Relate vs. Resonate — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Relate and Resonate

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Relate

Relate is a charity providing relationship support throughout the United Kingdom. Services include counselling for couples, families, young people and individuals, sex therapy, mediation and training courses.

Resonate

To exhibit or produce resonance or resonant effects.

Relate

Make or show a connection between
A supercomputer could relate all those factors
The study examines social change within the city and relates it to developments in the country as a whole

Resonate

To evoke a feeling of shared emotion or belief
"Bethune projected a strong presence of achievement and pride that resonated among African Americans" (Audrey Thomas McCluskey).

Relate

Feel sympathy for or identify with
Kids related to him because he was so rebellious
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Resonate

To correspond closely or harmoniously
"Symbolism matters, especially if the symbols resonate with the larger message" (William Greider).

Relate

Give an account of; narrate
Various versions of the story have been related by the locals

Resonate

To cause to resound.

Relate

To give an account of (an occurrence, for example); narrate.

Resonate

To vibrate or sound, especially in response to another vibration.
The books on top of the piano resonate when he plays certain notes.

Relate

To establish or demonstrate a connection between
I related his grumpiness to a lack of sleep.

Resonate

(figurative) To have an effect or impact; to influence; to engender support.
His words resonated with the crowd.

Relate

To have connection, relation, or reference
How education relates to income.
A question relating to foreign policy.

Resonate

Sound with resonance;
The sound resonates well in this theater

Relate

To have or establish a social relationship; interact
She relates well to her peers.

Resonate

Be received or understood

Relate

To understand or react favorably to someone or something
I just can't relate to these new fashions.

Relate

(transitive) To tell in a descriptive way.
The captain related an old yarn.
Please relate the circumstances of your journey here today.

Relate

(transitive) To bring into a relation, association, or connection (between one thing and another).

Relate

(intransitive) To have a connection.
The patterns on the screen relate to the pitch and volume of the music being played.

Relate

(intransitive) To interact.

Relate

(intransitive) To respond through reaction.

Relate

To identify with; to understand.
I find it difficult to relate to others because I'm extremely introverted.

Relate

(obsolete) To bring back; to restore.

Relate

To bring back; to restore.
Abate your zealous haste, till morrow next againBoth light of heaven and strength of men relate.

Relate

To refer; to ascribe, as to a source.

Relate

To recount; to narrate; to tell over.
This heavy act with heavy heart relate.

Relate

To ally by connection or kindred.

Relate

To stand in some relation; to have bearing or concern; to pertain; to refer; - with to.
All negative or privative words relate positive ideas.

Relate

To make reference; to take account.
Reckoning by the years of their own consecration without relating to any imperial account.

Relate

Make a logical or causal connection;
I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind
Colligate these facts
I cannot relate these events at all

Relate

Have to do with or be relevant to;
There were lots of questions referring to her talk
My remark pertained to your earlier comments

Relate

Give an account of;
The witness related the events

Relate

Be in a relationship with;
How are these two observations related?

Relate

Have or establish a relationship to;
She relates well to her peers

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