UMLR — Instances are linked to other instances, not associated

On page 198 it says:

A qualified Association end has qualifiers that partition the instances associated with an instance at that end,...

and on page 199:

...it is possible to have several instances associating the same set of instances...

While "associating" and "linking" might be synonyms in normal language, in UML Classes are associated and Instances are linked.

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Reword the sentences above:
Page 198:

A qualified Association end has qualifiers that partition the instances linked to an instance at that end,...

and on page 199:

...it is possible to have several instances of the AssociationClass linking the same set of instances...