different between participation vs relationship

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French [Term?], from Old French participacion, from Late Latin participati?; synchronically analyzable as participate +? -ion.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /p???t?s??pe???n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p???t?s??pe???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: par?ti?ci?pa?tion

Noun

participation (countable and uncountable, plural participations)

1. The act of participating, of taking part in something.
2. The state of being related to a larger whole.
3. The process during which individuals, groups and organizations are consulted about or have the opportunity to become actively involved in a project or program of activity.
4. An ownership interest or profit-sharing right.

Related terms

• participate
• participant

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin particip?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa?.ti.si.pa.sj??/

Noun

participation f (plural participations)

1. participation

Related terms

• participer

Further reading

• “participation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From relation +? -ship.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???le??(?)n??p/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???le???n???p/
• Hyphenation: re?la?tion?ship

Noun

relationship (plural relationships)

1. Connection or association; the condition of being related.
2. (mathematics) The links between the x-values and y-values of ordered pairs of numbers especially coordinates.
3. Kinship; being related by blood or marriage.
4. A romantic or sexual involvement.
   • 1975 March 17, Marian Christy, "Suzy Chaffee, A Liberated Beauty", The Lebanon Daily News

     I'm not advocating sexual promiscuity but I think it's possible for a woman to have many kinds of sexual relationships with many men and that shouldn't affect the status of the marriage.

   • 2000, April 8, Dorthea Straus, "Oates on Marilyn: Men, drugs, tragedy", The Baltimore Sun

     Her most satisfying sexual relationship seemed to be a threesome with Charles Chaplin Jr. and Eddy Robinson Jr., the spurned sons of famous film fathers.

5. A way in which two or more people behave and are involved with each other
6. (music) The level or degree of affinity between keys, chords and tones.

Hyponyms

• joking relationship

Derived terms

• entity-relationship diagram
• entity-relationship model
• relationship anarchy
• relationshipless
• relationshiply
• relationshippy
• relationshopping

Translations

See also

• relate
• relation
• relative