correlates

[v., adj. kawr-uh-leyt, kor-; n. kawr-uh-lit, -leyt, kor-]

cor·re·late

[v., adj. kawr-uh-leyt, kor-; n. kawr-uh-lit, -leyt, kor-] verb, cor·re·lat·ed, cor·re·lat·ing, adjective, noun
verb (used with object)
1.
to place in or bring into mutual or reciprocal relation; establish in orderly connection: to correlate expenses and income.
verb (used without object)
2.
to have a mutual or reciprocal relation; stand in correlation: The results of the two tests correlate to a high degree.

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Correlates is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
adjective
3.
mutually or reciprocally related.
noun
4.
either of two related things, especially when one implies the other.

Origin:
1635–45; probably back formation from correlation and correlative

cor·re·lat·a·ble, adjective
in·ter·cor·re·late, verb (used with object), in·ter·cor·re·lat·ed, in·ter·cor·re·lat·ing.
non·cor·re·lat·ing, adjective
un·cor·re·lat·ed, adjective
un·cor·re·lat·ed·ly, adverb
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