Know Your Next Word : affinity

17. affinity :

noun :

sympathy, attraction, kinship, similarity



usage :

• Ducks have an affinity for water. That is, they like to be in it.

• Children have an affinity for trouble. That is, they offer to find themselves in it.

• Magnets and iron have an affinity for each other, that is, each is attracted to the other.

• Affinity also means similarity or resemblance. There is an affinity between snow and sleet.

• to arrange charter flights for opera lovers and other affinity groups



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