different between affiliation vs brotherhood

English

Etymology

From French affiliation, from Latin affiliati?, noun of action from verb affili?, from af- (form of ad- (“to”) before an f) + fili? (from filius (“son”)).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??f?li?e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

affiliation (countable and uncountable, plural affiliations)

1. The relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another.
2. (law) The establishment of a child's paternity or maternity
   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter VII, p. 114, [1]

     […] he did not […] forget to write to Mark a stinging letter in which he stated that if he refused to accept his responsibilities he would see that an action for affiliation was brought against him.

   • 1978, A.G. Chloros (ed.), The Reform of Family Law in Europe, Dordrecht: Springer Science+Business Media, [2]

     If the defendant is adjudged to be the father, an affiliation order can be made under which he will be obliged to pay any expenses incidental to the birth and to pay a weekly sum for the maintenance and education of the child.

   • 2001, Jane Wright, Tort Law and Human Rights, Oxford and Portland, Oregon: Hart Publishing, p. 117 [3]

     The complaint in Marckx related to the fact that according to Belgian law, birth did not create a legal bond between a child and its unmarried mother. Under the Civil Code the mother had to follow an affiliation procedure which would result in adoption of the child.

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

Translations

French

Pronunciation

Noun

affiliation f (plural affiliations)

1. affiliation

English

Etymology

From Middle English brotherhod, equivalent to brother +? -hood, from earlier brotherhede, alteration (influenced by suffixes in -hood, -head) of Early Middle English brotherrede (“brotherhood, fraternity”), from Old English br?þorr?den (“brotherhood, fellowship”), equivalent to brother +? -red (see brotherred). More at brother, -red.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b??ð?h?d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b??ð?h?d/
• Hyphenation: broth?er?hood

Noun

brotherhood (countable and uncountable, plural brotherhoods)

1. The state of being brothers or a brother.
2. An association for any purpose, such as a society of monks; a fraternity.
3. The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, especially those of the same profession

4. People, or (poetically) things, of the same kind.
   • 1800, William Wordsworth, s:Degenerate Douglas

     a brotherhood of venerable trees

Synonyms

• fraternity, association, fellowship, sodality, brethren

Hypernyms

• (state): siblinghood

Translations

See also

• sisterhood

Further reading

• brotherhood in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• brotherhood in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• brotherhood at OneLook Dictionary Search