Faction vs Caucus - What's the difference?
faction | caucus |
A group of people, especially within a political organization, which expresses a shared belief or opinion different from people who are not part of the group.
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Strife; discord.
* 1805 , Johann Georg Cleminius, Englisches Lesebuch für Kaufleute ,
* 2001 , Odd Magne Bakke, "Concord and Peace": A Rhetorical Analysis of the First Letter of Clement With an Emphasis on the Language of Unity and Sedition , publ. Mohr Siebeck, ISBN 3161476379,
A form of literature, film etc., that treats real people or events as if they were fiction; a mix of fact and fiction
(US) A meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or to select delegates to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding measures of party policy; a political primary meeting.
(US, Canada) A grouping of all the members of a legislature from the same party.
(US) To meet and participate in caucus.
* 2006 , Associated Press, (reprinted in the Boston Globe) [http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/11/13/lieberman_wont_rule_out_gop_caucusing/], November 13,
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As nouns the difference between faction and caucus
is that faction is a group of people, especially within a political organization, which expresses a shared belief or opinion different from people who are not part of the group while caucus is a meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or to select delegates to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding measures of party policy; a political primary meeting.As a verb caucus is
to meet and participate in caucus.faction
English
(wikipedia faction)Etymology 1
.Noun
(en noun)pg. 188:
- Publick [sic] affairs soon fell into the utmost confusion, and in this state of faction and perplexity, the island continued, until its re-capture by the French in 1779.
pg. 89:
- He asks the audience if they believe that they will be more loved by the gods if the city is in a state of faction than if they govern the city with good order and concord.
Derived terms
* factional * factionalizeSee also
* splinter groupEtymology 2
.Noun
(en noun)See also
* (Non-fiction novel) ----caucus
English
Noun
(es)Derived terms
* caucus raceVerb
(es)- "Senator Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut said yesterday that he will caucus with Senate Democrats in the new Congress, but he would not rule out switching to the Republican caucus if he starts to feel uncomfortable among Democrats."