different between membership vs acquaintance
membership
English
Etymology
From member +? -ship.
Pronunciation
Noun
membership (countable and uncountable, plural memberships)
- The state of being a member of a group or organization.
- The terms of membership agreement were vague.
- He has memberships in clubs in three cities.
- The body of members of an organization.
- The memberships of the state chapters elect delegates to the national convention.
- (mathematics) The fact of being a member of a set.
Derived terms
- membership card
- membership function
Translations
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acquaintance
English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman aquaintaunce, aqueintance, Old French acointance (“friendship, familiarity”), from Old French acointer (“to acquaint”). Compare French accointance.
Morphologically acquaint +? -ance.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??kwe?nt?ns/
- (US) IPA(key): /??kwe?n.t?ns/
Noun
acquaintance (countable and uncountable, plural acquaintances)
- (uncountable) A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship. [from 12th c.]
- I know of the man; but have no acquaintance with him.
- 1799, William Jones (translator), Hito'pade'sa, in The Works, Volume 6, page 22:
- Contract no friend?hip, or even acquaintance, with a guileful man : he re?embles a coal, which when hot burneth the hand, and when cold blacketh it.
- (countable) A person or persons with whom one is acquainted. [from 14th c.]
- (uncountable) Such people collectively; one's circle of acquaintances (with plural concord). [from 15th c.]
- 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Penguin 2004, p. 230:
- Their mother […] was busy in the mean time in keeping up her connections, as she termed a numerous acquaintance, lest her girls should want a proper introduction into the great world.
- 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Penguin 2004, p. 230:
- Personal knowledge (with a specific subject etc.). [from 16th c.]
Usage notes
- Synonym notes: The words acquaintance, familiarity, and intimacy now mark different degrees of closeness in social intercourse. Acquaintance arises from occasional intercourse or interaction; as, "our acquaintance has been a brief one". We can speak of a slight or an intimate acquaintance. Familiarity is the result of continued acquaintance. It springs from persons being frequently together, so as to wear off all restraint and reserve; as, "the familiarity of old companions". Intimacy is the result of close connection, and the freest interchange of thought; as, "the intimacy of established friendship".
Synonyms
- familiarity, fellowship, intimacy, knowledge
- See also Thesaurus:acquaintance
Derived terms
- nodding acquaintance
- renew acquaintances
Related terms
- acquaint
Translations
References
- acquaintance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- acquaintance at OneLook Dictionary Search
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