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Bailiwick vs Turfdom - What's the difference?

bailiwick | turfdom | Synonyms |

Bailiwick is a synonym of turfdom.


As nouns the difference between bailiwick and turfdom

is that bailiwick is the district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction while turfdom is (uncountable) the sport of horse racing.

bailiwick

Noun

(en noun)
  • the district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.
  • The .
  • a person's concern or sphere of operations, their area of skill or authority.
  • * {{quote-book, 1961, author=, title=The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt
  • , passage=I established the fairly well-understood pattern that affairs of state were not in my bailiwick .}}

    Synonyms

    * (area or subject of authority or involvement) domain, department, jurisdiction, sphere, territory, turf.

    References

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    turfdom

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (uncountable) The sport of horse racing
  • *{{quote-news, 1921, April 30, , Turfdom Eyes Derby Starters Who Race Today, Chicago Daily Tribune citation
  • , passage=The eyes of turfdom are turned tomorrow to the Blue Grass stakes at Lexington
  • (uncountable) Territoriality
  • *{{quote-book, 1997, , Lovers of the Place, page=65 citation
  • , passage=Monastics of all ages should be on the lookout for the danger of turfdom . Having been given a job to do, they make it into their kingdom where no one else may enter.}}
  • (countable) A private domain, especially in academic settings
  • *{{quote-book, 1992, James P. Gelatt, Managing Nonprofit Organizations in the 21st Century, page=141 citation
  • , passage=It may be necessary to meet in private with one or more of the senior staff to remind them that the organization is looking to build teams, not turfdoms . }}

    Synonyms

    *(territoriality) territoriality, turfism *(private domain) fiefdom, territory, bailiwick