# Which is best to use in class diagrams ? Associations or dependency

**URL:** <https://forums.visual-paradigm.com/t/which-is-best-to-use-in-class-diagrams-associations-or-dependency/10457>\
**Category:** UML\
**Created:** [August 28, 2008, 1:35pm UTC](https://forums.visual-paradigm.com/t/which-is-best-to-use-in-class-diagrams-associations-or-dependency/10457 "2008-08-28T13:35:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v2/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@Anonymous](https://forums.visual-paradigm.com/u/Anonymous)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 6:33pm UTC](https://forums.visual-paradigm.com/t/which-is-best-to-use-in-class-diagrams-associations-or-dependency/10457/1 "2008-08-28T18:33:43Z")

</div>

Hi All,

Which is best to use in class diagrams ? Associations or dependency  
Please give the reason with coading sample. :lol:

thank you

regards ,  
sajitha