UML14 — Page 71: Distinction between Dependency and Association

Summary: Page 71 I don"t find a clear distinction between Dependency (especially
its <<uses>> stereotype) and Association. Since all OO is to do with
Client-server relationships, these must all be Dependencies thus eliminating
the need for Association!!?? My answer is that they are equivalent but with a
different focus, an association describing the static architecture and a uses
the dynamic (message-passing) topology – see Henderson-Sellers, Feb 1998, JOOP

Considered and declined.