The difference between Alliance and Connection
When used as nouns, alliance means the state of being allied, whereas connection means the act of connecting.
Alliance is also verb with the meaning: to connect or unite by alliance.
check bellow for the other definitions of Alliance and Connection
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Alliance as a noun (uncountable):
The state of being allied.
Examples:
"matrimonial alliances; an alliance between church and state, or between two countries"
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Alliance as a noun (countable):
The act of allying or uniting.
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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.
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Alliance as a noun (countable):
Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.
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Alliance as a noun (with the [[definite article]]):
The persons or parties allied.
Examples:
"rfquotek Nicholas Udall"
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Alliance as a verb (obsolete):
To connect or unite by alliance; to ally.
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Connection as a noun (uncountable):
The act of connecting.
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Connection as a noun:
The point at which two or more things are connected.
Examples:
"the connection between overeating and obesity"
"My headache has no connection with me going out last night."
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Connection as a noun:
A feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people.
Examples:
"As we were the only people in the room to laugh at the joke, I felt a connection between us."
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Connection as a noun:
An established communications or transportation link.
Examples:
"computers linked by a network connection"
"I was talking to him, but there was lightning and we lost the connection."
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Connection as a noun (transport):
A from one transportation vehicle to another in scheduled transportation service
Examples:
"The bus was late so he missed his connection at Penn Station and had to wait six hours for the next train."
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Connection as a noun:
A kinship relationship between people.
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Connection as a noun:
An individual who is related to oneself.
Examples:
"I have some connections in Lancashire."
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Connection as a noun:
A of sets that contains the empty set, all one-element sets for any element that is included in any of the sets, and the of any group of sets that are elements where the intersections of those sets is non-empty.
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Connection as a noun:
; lack of disjointedness