Bloc vs Coalition - What's the difference?
bloc | coalition | Related terms |
a group of voters or politicians who share common goals
a group of countries acting together for political or economic goals, an alliance: e.g., the eastern bloc, the western bloc, a trading bloc
in specific contexts 'the bloc' may refer to:
# the countries in the Eurozone
# the countries in the European Union
A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.
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As nouns the difference between bloc and coalition
is that bloc is a group of voters or politicians who share common goals while coalition is a temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.As a proper noun Bloc
is bloc Québécois.bloc
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Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* Eastern Bloc * Soviet Bloc * trading blocAnagrams
* ----coalition
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Noun
(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.