association vs bloc

association

noun
  • A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society. 

  • The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something. 

  • Relationship between classes of objects that allows one object instance to cause another to perform an action on its behalf. 

  • A benevolent overseas Chinese organization of popular origin for overseas Chinese individuals with the same surname or trade or business. 

  • The act of associating. 

  • Any relationship between two measured quantities that renders them statistically dependent (but not necessarily causal or a correlation). 

bloc

noun
  • A group of voters or politicians who share common goals. 

  • A group of countries acting together for political or economic goals, an alliance: e.g., the eastern bloc, the western bloc, a trading bloc, the Eurozone, the European Union. 

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