A common viral infection, chicken pox can affect any young child or baby. You may think your child has symptoms of a cold when it is acutally the beginning of chicken pox. Most children get it under the age of 15, but anyone can contract it.
Playtex Member New York City. English. An affiliate is a separate company that is connected or partners with the main company somehow. A subsidiary is a separate company that is owned by, and takes orders from, the main company. A branch is a unit or outlet or store of a company.
A: All three of these terms refer to the degree of ownership that a parent company holds in another company. In most cases, the terms affiliate and associate are used synonymously to describe a company whose parent only possesses a minority stake in the ownership of the company. A subsidiary, on the other hand, is a company whose parent is a majority shareholder.