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[kind linden]

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[onyx sphinx]

Both have a meaning of "to link".

Their use will depend on context. For instance, to say "to bind a book", we will only say relier un livre, not lier (unless you're literally using a rope to fix the book in place somewhere)

Relier usually means that you put a physical attachment (like a bridge for instance) that binds things together with this very physical thing, ex:
"Les villes sont reliées par un pont" = "The cities are linked by a bridge"

Lier is used more if the physical attachment is some kind of rope, or if you're talking about a liquid mix (sauce, cement), or even non physical things such as words, or if the link is purely symbolic:

"lier des fleurs, lier une sauce, lier des briques avec du ciment, lier des mots, se lier d'amitié"

[runic nimbus]

Lier des amitiés i saw but you dont bind them with a rope))

Thanks for the explanation

Whys french so hard?? Yet easy sometimes bc im romanian

[onyx sphinx]

It can also be for non physical things