Compatibility vs. Affinity

Capable of existing or performing in harmonious, agreeable, or congenial combination with another or others

A natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship

Capable of orderly, efficient integration and operation with other elements in a system with no modification or conversion required.

A natural tendency or ability to use or do something

Capable of forming a chemically or biochemically stable system.

A natural compatibility of one thing with another

(Medicine) Capable of being grafted, transfused, or transplanted from one individual to another without rejection

Relationship by marriage

A device, such as a computer or computer software, that can be integrated into or used with another device or system of its type.

An inherent similarity between persons or things

The state of being compatible; in which two or more things are able to exist or work together in combination without problems or conflict.

(Biology) A relationship or resemblance in structure between species that suggests a common origin.

(telecommunication) the capability of two or more items or components of equipment or material to exist or function in the same system or environment without mutual interference.

An attraction or force between particles or chemicals that causes them to combine.

(computing) the ability to execute a given program on different types of computers without modification of the program or the computers. See backward compatibility and forward compatibility.

The degree to which particles or chemicals are likely to combine

(computing) the capability that allows the substitution of one subsystem (storage facility), or of one functional unit (e.g., hardware, software), for the originally designated system or functional unit in a relatively transparent manner, without loss of information and without the introduction of errors.

A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing.

(structural analysis) the continuity or good fit of material or members or components while being deformed.

A family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity (e.g. sister).

The quality or power of being compatible or congruous; congruity; as, a compatibility of tempers; a compatibility of properties.

A kinsman or kinswoman of a such relationship; one who is affinal.

A feeling of sympathetic understanding

The fact of and manner in which something is related to another.

Capability of existing or performing in harmonious or congenial combination

Any romantic relationship.

A love interest; a paramour.

Any passionate love for something.

(taxonomy) resemblances between biological populations, suggesting that they have a common origin, type or stock.

(geology) structural resemblances between minerals; resemblances that suggest that they are of a common origin or type.

(chemistry) An attractive force between atoms, or groups of atoms, that contributes towards their forming bonds

(medicine) The attraction between an antibody and an antigen

(computing) tendency to keep a task running on the same processor in a symmetric multiprocessing operating system to reduce the frequency of cache misses

(geometry) An automorphism of affine space.

Relationship by marriage (as between a husband and his wife's blood relations, or between a wife and her husband's blood relations); - in contradistinction to consanguinity, or relationship by blood; - followed by with, to, or between.

Kinship generally; close agreement; relation; conformity; resemblance; connection; as, the affinity of sounds, of colors, or of languages.

Companionship; acquaintance.

That attraction which takes place, at an insensible distance, between the heterogeneous particles of bodies, and unites them to form chemical compounds; chemism; chemical or elective affinity or attraction.

A relation between species or higher groups dependent on resemblance in the whole plan of structure, and indicating community of origin.

A superior spiritual relationship or attraction held to exist sometimes between persons, esp. persons of the opposite sex; also, the man or woman who exerts such psychical or spiritual attraction.

The force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule;

(immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody

Kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship

(biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts;

A close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character;

Inherent resemblance between persons or things

A natural attraction or feeling of kinship;