Acquaintance vs. Associate
Difference Between Acquaintance and Associate
Acquaintancenoun
Knowledge of a person acquired by a relationship less intimate than friendship.
Associateverb
To connect in the mind or imagination
"I always somehow associate Chatterton with autumn" (John Keats).Acquaintancenoun
A relationship based on such knowledge
struck up an acquaintance with our new neighbor.Associateverb
To connect or involve with a cause, group, or partner
Wasn't she associated with the surrealists?.Acquaintancenoun
A person whom one knows.
Associateverb
To correlate or connect logically or causally
Asthma is associated with air pollution.Acquaintancenoun
Knowledge or information about something or someone
has a passing acquaintance with Chinese history.Associateverb
To join in or form a league, union, or association
The workers associated in a union.Acquaintancenoun
(uncountable) A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of friendship or intimacy; acquaintanceship.
I know of the man; but have no acquaintance with him.Associateverb
To spend time socially; keep company
associates with her coworkers on weekends.Acquaintancenoun
(countable) A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.
Associatenoun
A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner or colleague.
Acquaintancenoun
personal knowledge or information about someone or something
Associatenoun
An employee, especially one in a subordinate position,
Acquaintancenoun
a relationship less intimate than friendship
Associatenoun
A companion; a comrade.
Acquaintancenoun
a person with whom you are acquainted;
I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintanceswe are friends of the familyAssociatenoun
One that habitually accompanies or is associated with another; an attendant circumstance.
Associatenoun
A member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges.
Associateadjective
Joined with another or others and having equal or nearly equal status
an associate editor.Associateadjective
Having partial status or privileges
an associate member of the club.Associateadjective
Following or accompanying; concomitant.
Associateadjective
Joined with another or others and having equal or nearly equal status.
He is an associate editor.Associateadjective
Having partial status or privileges.
He is an associate member of the club.Associateadjective
Following or accompanying; concomitant.
Associateadjective
Connected by habit or sympathy.
associate motions: those that occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motionsAssociatenoun
A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner.
Associatenoun
Somebody with whom one works, coworker, colleague.
Associatenoun
A companion; a comrade.
Associatenoun
One that habitually accompanies or is associated with another; an attendant circumstance.
Associatenoun
A member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges.
Associatenoun
(algebra) One of a pair of elements of an integral domain (or a ring) such that the two elements are divisible by each other (or, equivalently, such that each one can be expressed as the product of the other with a unit).
Associateverb
(intransitive) To join in or form a league, union, or association.
Associateverb
(intransitive) To spend time socially; keep company.
She associates with her coworkers on weekends.Associateverb
(transitive) To join as a partner, ally, or friend.
Associateverb
(transitive) To connect or join together; combine.
particles of gold associated with other substancesAssociateverb
(transitive) To connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination.
Associateverb
To endorse.
Associateverb
(mathematics) To be associative.
Associateverb
To accompany; to be in the company of.
Associatenoun
a person who joins with others in some activity;
he had to consult his associate before continuingAssociatenoun
a person who is frequently in the company of another;
drinking companionscomrades in armsAssociatenoun
any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another;
first was the lightning and then its thunderous associateAssociatenoun
a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies
Associateverb
make a logical or causal connection;
I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mindcolligate these factsI cannot relate these events at allAssociateverb
keep company with; hang out with;
He associates with strange peopleShe affiliates with her colleaguesAssociateverb
bring or come into association or action;
The churches consociated to fight their dissolutionAssociateadjective
having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status;
an associate memberan associate professor
