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Clique vs Fellowship - What's the difference?

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Clique is a related term of fellowship.


As verbs the difference between clique and fellowship

is that clique is while fellowship is to admit to fellowship, enter into fellowship with; to make feel welcome by showing friendship or building a cordial relationship.

As a noun fellowship is

a company of people that share the same interest or aim.

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) ----

    fellowship

    English

    (fellow)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A company of people that share the same interest or aim.
  • A feeling of friendship, relatedness or connection between people.
  • A merit-based scholarship.
  • A temporary position at an academic institution with limited teaching duties and ample time for research; this may also be called a postdoc.
  • (medicine) A period of supervised, sub-specialty medical training in the United States and Canada that a physician may undertake after completing a specialty training program or residency.
  • (Christianity) Spiritual communion with a divine being.
    • The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. (2 Corinthians 13:14, ESV))

    Verb

  • To admit to fellowship, enter into fellowship with; to make feel welcome by showing friendship or building a cordial relationship.
    • ''The Bishop's family fellowshipped the new converts.
    The Society of Religious Snobs refused to fellowship the poor, immigrant family.
  • * Sidney John Hervon Herrtage (editor), The early English versions of the Gesta Romanorum'', first edition (1879), anthology, published for The Early English Text Society by N. Trübner & Co., translation of ''(Gesta Romanorum) by anon., xxxiv. 135, (Harl. MS. c.1440), page 135:
    • Then pes seynge hir sistris alle in acorde...she turnid ayene; For whenne contencions & styf wer' cessid, then pes was felashipid among hem.
  • *:: Then Peace saw her sisters all in accord...she turned again; for when contentions and strife were ceased, then Peace was fellowshipped among them.
  • To join in fellowship; to associate with.
    • The megachurch he attends is too big for making personal connections, so he also fellowships weekly in one of the church's small groups.
    After she got married, she stopped fellowshipping with the singles in our church.
  • * (Hans Kurath) quoting (Nicholas Love) (translator), (The Mirror of the Blessed Life of Jesus Christ)'', fifth edition (1989), quoted in ''Middle English Dictionary'', translation of ''Meditationes Vitae Christi by (Pseudo-Bonaventura), (Gibbs MS. c.1400), page 463:
    • Oure lorde Jesu came in manere of a pilgrym and felauschipped' [Aldh ' felischippede ] with hem.
  • *:: Our lord Jesus came in the manner of a pilgrim and fellowshipped with them.