Alliance vs Conjunction - What's the difference?
alliance | conjunction | Related terms |
(uncountable) The state of being allied.
(countable) The act of allying or uniting.
(countable) A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league.
(countable) Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.
* C. J. Smith
* Mansel
(with the definite article) The persons or parties allied.
(obsolete) To connect or unite by alliance; to ally.
The act of joining, or condition of being joined.
(obsolete) Sexual intercourse.
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(grammar) A word used to join other words or phrases together into sentences. The specific conjunction used shows how the two joined parts are related. Example: Bread, butter and cheese.
(astronomy) The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth.
(astrology) An aspect in which planets are in close proximity to one another.
(logic) The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the () operator.
In obsolete terms the difference between alliance and conjunction
is that alliance is to connect or unite by alliance; to ally while conjunction is sexual intercourse.As a verb alliance
is to connect or unite by alliance; to ally.alliance
English
(alliance)Alternative forms
* alliaunceNoun
- matrimonial alliances'''; an '''alliance between church and state, or between two countries
- the alliance of the principles of the world with those of the gospel
- the alliance between logic and metaphysics
- (Udall)
Synonyms
* (union by relationship in qualities) connection, affinity, union * (act of allying) union * (persons or parties allied) coalition, league, confederation, team (informal)Verb
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(wikipedia conjunction)Noun
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