Whats the difference between associations and relationships.

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Published on 2010-05-19T11:38:00Z Indexed on 2010/05/19 11:40 UTC
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Rails supports six types of association:

* belongs_to
* has_one
* has_many
* has_many :through
* has_one :through
* has_and_belongs_to_many

What do you mean by term relationship?

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