Alliance vs Friendship - What's the difference?
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(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.
(uncountable) The condition of being friends.
(countable) A friendly relationship, or a relationship as friends.
(uncountable) Good will.
In uncountable terms the difference between alliance and friendship
is that alliance is the state of being allied while friendship is good will.In countable terms the difference between alliance and friendship
is that alliance is any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity while friendship is a friendly relationship, or a relationship as friends.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
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