Consortium vs Coalition - What's the difference?
consortium | coalition |
An association or combination of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture.
A similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions or organizations.
An association or society.
(legal) The right of a spouse to all the normal relationships with his or her mate.
A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.
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As nouns the difference between consortium and coalition
is that consortium is an association or combination of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture while coalition is a temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.consortium
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(wikipedia consortium) (en-noun)coalition
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(en noun)- The Liberal Democrats and Conservative parties formed a coalition government in 2010.
British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):
- At a time when Mr. Cameron is being squeezed from both sides — from the right by members of his own party and by the anti-immigrant, anti-Europe U.K. Independence Party, and from the left by his Liberal Democrat coalition partners — the move seemed uncharacteristically clunky.
