Clan vs Faction - What's the difference?
clan | faction |
(anthropology) A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief.
A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain
Any association of people behaving clannishly.
(video games) A group of players who habitually play on the same team in multiplayer games.
A badger colony.
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
As nouns the difference between clan and faction
is that clan is a group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief while 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.clan
English
(wikipedia clan)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* clannish * matriclan * patriclanDescendants
* Dutch: (l) * German: (l)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.