relation - relative - relationship

relation - relative - relationship
These words are used to refer to people or to connections between people.
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'relation' and 'relative'
Your relations or relatives are the members of your family.

I said that I was a relation of her first husband.

His wife had to visit some of her relatives.

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The relations between people or groups are the contacts between them and the way they behave towards each other.

This fear was causing East-West relations to deteriorate.

The unions should have close relations with management.

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'relationship'
You can talk in a similar way about the relationship between two people or groups.

The old relationship between the friends was quickly re-established.

Pakistan's relationship with India has changed dramatically.

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A relationship is also a close friendship between two people, especially one involving sexual or romantic feelings.

Do you feel you are trapped by your relationship and would like to break away?

When the relationship ended two months ago, he said he wanted to die.

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