The difference between Affinity and Alliance

When used as nouns, affinity means a natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing, whereas alliance means the state of being allied.


Alliance is also verb with the meaning: to connect or unite by alliance.

check bellow for the other definitions of Affinity and Alliance

  1. Affinity as a noun:

    A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing.

  2. Affinity as a noun:

    A family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity (e.g. sister).

  3. Affinity as a noun:

    A kinsman or kinswoman of a such relationship; one who is affinal.

  4. Affinity as a noun:

    The fact of and manner in which something is related to another.

  5. Affinity as a noun:

    Any romantic relationship.

  6. Affinity as a noun:

    Any passionate love for something.

  7. Affinity as a noun (taxonomy):

    resemblances between biological populations; resemblances that suggest that they are of a common origin, type or stock.

  8. Affinity as a noun (geology):

    structural resemblances between minerals; resemblances that suggest that they are of a common origin or type.

  9. Affinity as a noun (chemistry):

    An attractive force between atoms, or groups of atoms, that contributes towards their forming bonds

  10. Affinity as a noun (medicine):

    The attraction between an antibody and an antigen

  11. Affinity as a noun (computing):

    tendency to keep a task running on the same processor in a symmetric multiprocessing operating system to reduce the frequency of cache misses

  12. Affinity as a noun (geometry):

    An automorphism of affine space.

  1. Alliance as a noun (uncountable):

    The state of being allied.

    Examples:

    "matrimonial alliances; an alliance between church and state, or between two countries"

  2. Alliance as a noun (countable):

    The act of allying or uniting.

  3. Alliance as a noun (countable):

    A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league.

  4. Alliance as a noun (countable):

    Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.

  5. Alliance as a noun (with the [[definite article]]):

    The persons or parties allied.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Nicholas Udall"

  1. Alliance as a verb (obsolete):

    To connect or unite by alliance; to ally.