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Belonging vs Loyalty - What's the difference?

belonging | loyalty |

As nouns the difference between belonging and loyalty

is that belonging is (uncountable) the action of the verb to belong while loyalty is the state of being loyal; fidelity.

As a verb belonging

is .

belonging

English

(wikipedia belonging)

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

  • (uncountable) The action of the verb to belong .
    • I have a feeling of belonging in London.
    A need for belonging seems fundamental to humans.
  • (countable) (almost always used in the plural ) Something physical that is owned.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Thyself and thy belongings .
    Make sure you take all your belongings when you leave.
  • (colloquial, dated) family; relations; household
  • * Thackeray
    • Few persons of her ladyship's belongings stopped, before they did her bidding, to ask her reasons.

    Synonyms

    * (something physical that is owned) possession, thing

    loyalty

    English

    (wikipedia loyalty)

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

  • The state of being loyal; fidelity.
  • Faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation.

    • Synonyms

    * trueness

    Antonyms

    *

    Derived terms

    *

    See also

    * * *