different between variety vs association

English

Alternative forms

• variëty (rare)

Etymology

From Middle French varieté, from Latin variet?s (“difference, diversity”), from varius (“different, various”); see various. Displaced native Old English misl?cnes.

Pronunciation

• enPR: v?-r???-t?, IPA^(key): /v???a?.?.ti/
• Rhymes: -a??ti
• Hyphenation: va?ri?e?ty

Noun

variety (countable and uncountable, plural varieties)

1. The quality of being varied; diversity.

   Antonym: sameness

2. A specific variation of something.
3. A number of different things.

   Synonyms: array, assortment

4. A state of constant change.
5. (taxonomy) A rank in a taxonomic classification, below species (infraspecific), either below subspecies (subspecific) or ranked comparably therewith.
6. (cybernetics) The total number of distinct states of a system.
7. (cybernetics) Logarithm of the base 2 of the total number of distinct states of a system.
8. (linguistics) A term used for a specific form of a language, neutral to whether that form is a dialect, accent, register, etc. and to its prestige level.
9. (algebra, universal algebra) An equational class; the class of all algebraic structures of a given signature, satisfying a given set of identities.
10. (algebraic geometry) An algebraic variety.
11. The kind of theatrical entertainment given in variety shows.
12. The production of, or performance in, variety shows.

Synonyms

• (quality of being varied): See also Thesaurus:nonuniformity
• (algebraic geometry): algebraic variety
• (universal algebra): equational class, equational variety, variety of algebras

Hyponyms

• (specific variation of something): cultivar

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• species
• (cybernetics: logarithm): information entropy

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From Latin associ?ti?, from associ? (perhaps via French association).Morphologically associate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??s???i?e???n/, /??s??si?e???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??so??i?e???n/, /??so?si?e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

association (countable and uncountable, plural associations)

1. The act of associating.
2. The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something.
3. (statistics) Any relationship between two measured quantities that renders them statistically dependent (but not necessarily causal or a correlation).
4. A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.
5. (object-oriented programming) Relationship between classes of objects that allows one object instance to cause another to perform an action on its behalf.

Synonyms

• (state of being associated): connection; See also Thesaurus:relation
• ass'n (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• guilt by association

Related terms

Translations

See also

• alliance
• coalition
• league
• union

Danish

Noun

association c (singular definite associationen, plural indefinite associationer)

1. association
   • 2007, Drømmenes dimensioner, Gyldendal A/S (?ISBN), page 83

     Børn blokerer desuden ofte for associationer af angst for drømmeindholdet.

     Furthermore, children often block associations of anxiety for the dream content.

   • 2014, Klaus Kjøller, Sprogets Vej til Sindets Fred, 2. rev. vej, nu med Dit og Dat, KJOELLER.dk (?ISBN)

     I stedet for det dagligsproglige 'tilintetgørelse', som kan rumme negative associationer af ødelæggelse og brutalitet, benytter vi på Sprogets Vej det pluskorrigerede udtryk 'ophævelse'.

     Instead of the everyday word "annihilation", which may contain negative associations of destruction and brutality, we use, on the Way of Language, the plus-corrected [?] expression "cancellation".

   • 2002, Anne Ring Petersen, Storbyens billeder: fra industrialisme til informationsalder, Museum Tusculanum Press (?ISBN), page 113

     ... vil de, skriver Allouay, fortrinsvis vække associationer af urban karakter.

     ... they will, Allouay writes, predominantly arouse associations of an urban/urbane character.

   • 1999, Bogens verden

     ... hvert sted åbner der sig en verden af formrigdom, af mulige associationer, af historier og sammenhænge, som kan foldes ud af det banale.

     ... everywhere, a world of shape-wealth, of possible associations, of stories and connections that can be unfolded from banality opens.

2. group of persons united for some purpose

Declension

Further reading

• “association” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From associer +? -tion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.s?.sja.sj??/
• Homophone: associations

Noun

association f (plural associations)

1. association, society, group
2. (commerce, economics) partnership
3. association (of related terms, ideas etc.), combination
4. (object-oriented programming) association

Derived terms

• association libre

Descendants

• ? Romanian: asocia?ie

Further reading

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