Affliction vs Coalition - What's the difference?
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A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.
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*:She wore a man's long ulster (not as if it were an affliction , but as if it were very comfortable and belonged to her; carried it like a young soldier) [...]
A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.
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As nouns the difference between affliction and coalition
is that affliction is a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony while coalition is a temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.affliction
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(en noun)coalition
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(en noun)- The Liberal Democrats and Conservative parties formed a coalition government in 2010.
British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):
- At a time when Mr. Cameron is being squeezed from both sides — from the right by members of his own party and by the anti-immigrant, anti-Europe U.K. Independence Party, and from the left by his Liberal Democrat coalition partners — the move seemed uncharacteristically clunky.