Difference between "relation" and "relationship"

[annaone]

Hoi everybody,

Would anyone be kind enough to explain me the difference between “relation” and “relationship”? I’ve looked them up in the dictionary, but still can’t understand the (too) subtle distinction between these two terms. plucking off hair in despair

[Patty_O_Furniture]

They are closely related (heh), but “relationship” is (to me) more personified. The sufix -ship is usually attached to words to show that something has a status or position associated with a person. E.g.: ownership, friendship.