Relations

While relation and relationship refer to the connection between two things, relation shades more toward the way things are connected, while relationship refers to the connection itself. The difference is not spacious. "The two friends enjoyed a very close relationship."Mar 5, 2011 -- StackExchange website.
== Uses ==
* International relations, the study of interconnection of politics, economics, and law on a global level
* Interpersonal relationship, association or acquaintance between two or more people
* Public relations, managing the spread of information to the public
* Sexual relations, or human sexual activity
* Social relation, in social science, any social interaction between two or more individuals
* Relation (history of concept), links between properties of an object
* Relational theory, framework to understand reality or a physical system
* Binary relation (or correspondence, dyadic relation, or 2-place relation)
* Directed relation
"Relations" is sometimes used to refer to the idea of sexual relations. The term emotional affair is used in the media to categorise or explain a certain type of relationship. High levels of non-sexual emotional intimacy in adults may occur without the participants being bound by other intimate relationships or may occur between people in other relationships. [Jul 2019]
Relations can be effected by neglect or other types of disrespect. E.g. sexual neglect; Gesture neglect; Invitation neglect; Child neglect.
"But many social relations are power relations and the power within the relations is unevenly distributed, i.e., between men and women." — "ccw94" mail list 12 Jun 1996
== Rhizomata ==
Relative; Relativity; Relationship; Communication; Family; Abuse.
Customer relations; International relations