Affinity vs. Kin

By Jaxson

  • Affinity (noun)

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

  • Affinity (noun)

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

  • Affinity (noun)

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

  • Affinity (noun)

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

  • Affinity (noun)

    Any romantic relationship.

  • Affinity (noun)

    Any passionate love for something.

  • Affinity (noun)

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

  • Affinity (noun)

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

  • Affinity (noun)

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

  • Affinity (noun)

    The attraction between an antibody and an antigen

  • Affinity (noun)

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

  • Affinity (noun)

    An automorphism of affine space.

  • Kin (noun)

    Race; family; breed; kind.

  • Kin (noun)

    Persons of the same race or family; kindred.

  • Kin (noun)

    One or more relatives, such as siblings or cousins, taken collectively.

  • Kin (noun)

    Relationship; same-bloodedness or affinity; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.

  • Kin (noun)

    Kind; sort; manner; way.

  • Kin (adjective)

    Related by blood or marriage, akin. Generally used in “kin to”.

    “It turns out my back-fence neighbor is kin to one of my co-workers.”

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