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What is the difference between ( relation ) and ( correlation) ?
  

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"relation" is a general-purpose word, but "correlation" refers more specifically to the phenomenon by which certain things tend to happen at the same time or in the same way (for example, two quantities tend to go up or down in unison). When there is a correlation between two things, it is often it is implied that one causes the other, or than both are caused by the same third thing.

  • "relation" is a general-purpose word, but "correlation" refers more specifically to the phenomenon by which certain things tend to happen at the same time or in the same way (for example, two quantities tend to go up or down in unison).
  • When there is a correlation between two things, it is often it is implied that one causes the other, or than both are caused by the same third thing.
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"relation" is a general-purpose word, but "correlation" refers more specifically to the phenomenon by which certain things tend to happen at the same time or in the same way (for example, two quantities tend to go up or down in unison). When there is a correlation between two things, it is often it is implied that one causes the other, or than both are caused by the same third thing.

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