different between akin vs correlative

English

Etymology

From a corruption of of kin, from Middle English of kyn (“related, of kin”), equivalent to a- +? kin (1550s). Compare Old English cyn, cynn (“akin, proper, suitable”, adj.).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??k?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??k?n/

Adjective

akin (comparative more akin, superlative most akin)

1. (of persons) Of the same kin; related by blood.
   • 1722, Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders, ch. 23:

     We are too near akin to lie together, though we may lodge near one another.

   • 1897, Joseph Conrad, The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’, ch. 2:

     The faces changed, passing in rotation. Youthful faces, bearded faces, dark faces: faces serene, or faces moody, but all akin with the brotherhood of the sea.

2. (often followed by to) Allied by nature; similar; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.
   • 1677, Theophilus Gale, The Court of the Gentiles, T. Cockeril, part 4, bk. 1, ch. 2, p. 27:

     Is not then Fruition near akin to Love?

   • 1710, anon., "To the Spectator, &c.," The Spectator, vol. 1, no. 8 (March 9), p. 39:

     She told me that she hoped my Face was not akin to my Tongue.

   • 1837, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers, ch. 39:

     Mr. Winkle . . . took his hand with a feeling of regard, akin to veneration.

   • 1910, Zane Grey, "Old Well-Well," Success (July):

     Something akin to a smile shone on his face.

Usage notes

• This adjective is always placed after the noun that it modifies.

Synonyms

• (related by blood): See also Thesaurus:consanguine
• (of the same kind): See also Thesaurus:akin

Derived terms

• unakin

Related terms

• consanguine

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Inka, Kian, Naik, kain, kina, naik

Hungarian

Etymology

aki +? -n

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??kin]
• Hyphenation: akin

Pronoun

akin

1. superessive singular of aki

Tagalog

Determiner

akin

1. my

Pronoun

akin

1. (possessive) mine

See also

English

Etymology

correlate +? -ive

Adjective

correlative (comparative more correlative, superlative most correlative)

1. Mutually related; corresponding.

   • If we reinterpret these phenomena in terms of a consistently
     game-playing model of behavior, the need to distinguish be-
     tween primary and secondary gains disappears. The correla-
     tive necessity to estimate the relative significance of physio-
     logical needs and dammed-up impulses on the one hand, and
     of social and interpersonal factors on the other, also vanishes.
     Since needs and impulses cannot be said to exist in human
     social life without specified rules for dealing with them, in-
     stinctual needs cannot be considered solely in terms of biologi-
     cal rules, but must also be viewed in terms of their psycho-
     social significance—that is, as parts of the game.

Translations

Noun

correlative (plural correlatives)

1. Either of two correlative things.
2. (grammar) A pro-form; a non-personal pronominal, proadjectival, or proadverbial form

Translations

Italian

Adjective

correlative

1. feminine plural of correlativo