「〜に関するN」vs 「〜に関してのN」


In Japanese class, we just learned the grammatical form 「〜に関する」and its various
usages. The conjugation 「〜に関しての」was also brought up, and our teacher said that
there was virtually no difference between these two forms when using this
grammar to modify nouns. I was wondering whether there was any difference,
preference, or connotation that these two have that would make the choice of
which one to use different based on context, or the noun being modified. Are
they truly 100% interchangeable?




The only difference that I could discern would be in the formality level. I
could **not** say that there was a difference in meaning between the two.

「～～に関{かん}する」 sounds just **_slightly_** more formal/technical/academic than
「～～に関しての」. The more formal the occasion, the more often one would expect to
see/hear the former, IMHO.

That is not to say, however, that 「～～に関しての」 is in any way informal or
conversational because we have 「～～についての」 for use in informal speech.

> Are they **truly 100%** interchangeable?

In the stricter sense of the word, no, they are not because of the difference
in their formality levels. Would many people care if you used them
interchangeably? Perhaps not too many people would seriously partly because
this is not a verb, adjective or noun choice we are discussing.

