Branch vs League - What's the difference?
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The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
(geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
A location of an organization with several locations.
A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.
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(Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see .
An area in business or of knowledge, research.
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(nautical) A certificate given by (Trinity House) to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.
(computer architecture) A sequence of .
To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.
To produce branches.
To divide into separate parts or subdivisions.
(computing) To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.
A group or association of cooperating members.
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An organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship.
(informal) Rugby league.
To form an association; to unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support.
(measurement) The distance that a person can walk in one hour, commonly taken to be approximately three English miles (about five kilometers).
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A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.
Branch is a related term of league.
As a proper noun branch
is .As a noun league is
a group or association of cooperating members or league can be (measurement) the distance that a person can walk in one hour, commonly taken to be approximately three english miles (about five kilometers).As a verb league is
to form an association; to unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support.branch
English
Alternative forms
*Noun
(es) (wikipedia branch)- the branch of an antler, a chandelier, a river, or a railway
- the branches of a hyperbola
- Our main branch is downtown, and we have branches in all major suburbs.
- the English branch of a family
- his father, a younger branch of the ancient stock
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Synonyms
* (part of a tree) bough, tillow, twig, see alsoVerb
(es)league
English
(wikipedia league)Etymology 1
(etyl) ligg, from (etyl) ligue, from (etyl) lega, from the verb legare, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- the League of Nations
- And let there be / 'Twixt us and them no league , nor amity.
- My favorite sports organizations are the National Football League''' and the American '''League in baseball.
- Are you going to watch the league tonight?
Derived terms
* bush league * in a league of one's own * in league (with) * major league * minor league * non-league * out of one's league * seven-league bootsVerb
(leagu)- (South)
Etymology 2
From (m), possibly from (etyl).Noun
(en noun)- Seven leagues above the mouth of the river we meet with two other passes, as large as the middle one by which we entered.''
References
* Online Etymology,league* Middle English Dictionary, lege