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Clique vs Cadre - What's the difference?

clique | cadre |

As verbs the difference between clique and cadre

is that clique is while cadre is .

As an adjective cadre is

on target.

clique

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small, exclusive group of individuals; cabal
    • This school used to be really friendly, but now everyone keeps to their own cliques .
  • (graph theory) A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph.
    • The problem of finding the largest clique in an arbitrary graph is NP-complete.
  • (Internet) A group of related web sites that link to each other, like a webring but with exclusive membership determined by the clique owner.
  • * 1999 , "Jackie", someone help me out?'' (on newsgroup ''alt.fan.leo-dicaprio )
    • Does anyone know what an internet clique is/does? I came across a few and am thoroughly confused.
  • * 2000 , "- deanna -", ot: hiya'' (on newsgroup ''alt.fan.backstreet.boys )
    • even though we're not "regulars" anymore...*sniffle*...we still can't forget the NG...i always tell new fans about it...(people who join my clique , etc...)...and besides...i owe the NG a LOT...itz where i met my best friend...
  • * 2001 , "spee2k", future no doubt website....'' (on newsgroup ''alt.music.no-doubt )
    • you always have to click some big section and you get a whole new set of options in a different frame, thats(SIC) usually on the other side of the screen. when you're there, you can choose from (in a section site stuff or something like that) link me, link you, links, top 10 links, free for all links, cliques , and webrings.

    Synonyms

    * coterie, ingroup, inner circle, camp

    Derived terms

    * clique number

    Related terms

    * cliquey

    Verb

    (cliqu)
  • To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot.

    • Usage notes

    * Often used in the form clique together .

    See also

    * ("clique" on Wikipedia) ----

    cadre

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A frame or framework.
  • (military) The framework or skeleton upon which a new regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff.
  • * {{quote-book, year=2002
    • , author=Barry M. Stentiford , title=The American Home Guard: the State Militia in the Twentieth Century , chapter=9 , isbn=1585441813 , page=202 , passage=From the original plan, thirty-four cadre battalions, with a total of 116 companies, had actually been formed, a total of about 700 officers and another 600 key enlisted men.}}
  • The core of a managing group, or a member of such a group.
  • * {{quote-book, 1986, Robert Elsie, Dictionary of Albanian Literature, page=101 citation
    • , passage=After the war, he was a party cadre and worked as a correspondent for the daily newspaper Zeri i Popullit (The People's Voice). }}
  • * 1997 , Jae Ho Chung, China's Provinces in Reform: Class, community and political culture , edited by David S.G. Goodman, Routledge, p. 146:
    • Finally, the exchange, circulation and education of local cadres constitute another key strategy implemented by the provincial leadership in its efforts to diffuse economic development into the backward inland region.
  • * 2006 , Financial Times, China airbrushes Chen :
    • Party cadres must guard against the temptations of power, money and sex.
  • a small group of people specially trained for a particular purpose or profession

    • Anagrams

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