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Consortium vs Coalition - What's the difference?

consortium | coalition |

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

English

Noun

(wikipedia consortium) (en-noun)
  • 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.
  • coalition

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.
  • The Liberal Democrats and Conservative parties formed a coalition government in 2010.
  • * 2013 May 23, , " 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.

    Derived terms

    * coalition of the willing * coalitional * coalitionary * coalitioner * coalitionism * coalitionist * First Coalition * Second Coalition * Third Coalition * Fourth Coalition