Thread: associated vs linked

Originally Posted by kamilion

If there are documents that have some sort of... connection between them (like there is procedure and instructions to the procedure), which word would you say is more accurate? Would you call it associated documents, or rather linked documents?
What is basically the difference between linked and associated documents?

I think 'linked' is more correct here. As for the difference, consider these examples: a file association is established when files with a certain extension (i.e. txt) are associated with some application (i.e. notepad.exe). Here we would say that text files are associated with notepad. Links establish more firm a connection, i.e. hyperlinks when files are 'physically' or 'logically' linked one to another.

Originally Posted by kamilion

Also, is it correct to say "put the document to use"? Or is it "put the document into circulation"? I mean if you have been working on a document, and then you want to make it available to be used.

Hmm, does 'publish' fit?