The difference between Associate and Join

When used as nouns, associate means a person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business, whereas join means an intersection of piping or wiring.

When used as verbs, associate means to join in or form a league, union, or association, whereas join means to combine more than one item into one.


Associate is also adjective with the meaning: joined with another or others and having equal or nearly equal status.

check bellow for the other definitions of Associate and Join

  1. Associate as an adjective:

    Joined with another or others and having equal or nearly equal status.

    Examples:

    "He is an associate editor."

  2. Associate as an adjective:

    Having partial status or privileges.

    Examples:

    "He is an associate member of the club."

  3. Associate as an adjective:

    Following or accompanying; concomitant.

  4. Associate as an adjective (biology, dated):

    Connected by habit or sympathy.

    Examples:

    "'associate motions: those that occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions"

  1. Associate as a noun:

    A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner.

  2. Associate as a noun:

    Somebody with whom one works, coworker, colleague.

  3. Associate as a noun:

    A companion; a comrade.

  4. Associate as a noun:

    One that habitually accompanies or is associated with another; an attendant circumstance.

  5. Associate as a noun:

    A member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges.

  6. Associate as a noun (algebra):

    One of a pair of elements of an integral domain (or a ring) such that the two elements are divisible by each other (or, equivalently, such that each one can be expressed as the product of the other with a unit).

  1. Associate as a verb (intransitive):

    To join in or form a league, union, or association.

  2. Associate as a verb (intransitive):

    To spend time socially; keep company.

    Examples:

    "She associates with her coworkers on weekends."

  3. Associate as a verb (transitive):

    To join as a partner, ally, or friend.

  4. Associate as a verb (transitive):

    To connect or join together; combine.

    Examples:

    "particles of gold associated with other substances"

  5. Associate as a verb (transitive):

    To connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination.

  6. Associate as a verb (reflexive, in deliberative bodies):

    To endorse.

  7. Associate as a verb (mathematics):

    To be associative.

  8. Associate as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To accompany; to be in the company of.

  1. Join as a noun:

    An intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect.

  2. Join as a noun (computing, databases):

    An intersection of data in two or more database tables.

  3. Join as a noun (algebra):

    The lowest upper bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol .

  1. Join as a verb (transitive):

    To combine more than one item into one; to put together.

    Examples:

    "The plumber joined the two ends of the broken pipe. We joined our efforts to get an even better result."

  2. Join as a verb (intransitive):

    To come together; to meet.

    Examples:

    "Parallel lines never join. These two rivers join in about 80 miles."

  3. Join as a verb (transitive):

    To come into the company of.

    Examples:

    "I will join you watching the football game as soon as I have finished my work."

  4. Join as a verb (transitive):

    To become a member of.

    Examples:

    "Many children join a sports club. Most politicians have joined a party."

  5. Join as a verb (computing, databases, transitive):

    To produce an intersection of data in two or more database tables.

    Examples:

    "By joining the Customer table on the Product table, we can show each customer's name alongside the products they have ordered."

  6. Join as a verb:

    To unite in marriage.

  7. Join as a verb (obsolete, rare):

    To enjoin upon; to command.

  8. Join as a verb:

    To accept, or engage in, as a contest.

    Examples:

    "to join encounter, battle, or issue"

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