Coalition vs Devolution - What's the difference?
coalition | devolution |
A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.
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A rolling down.
A descent, especially one that passes through a series of revolutions, or by succession
The transference of a right to a successor, or of a power from one body to another.
(pejorative) Degeneration (as opposed to evolution).
(British) The transfer of some powers, and the delegation of some functions, from a central sovereign government to local government; eg. from Westminster to Scottish parliament and Welsh assembly.
As nouns the difference between coalition and devolution
is that coalition is a temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage while devolution is a rolling down.coalition
English
Noun
(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.
