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Coalition vs Fraternity - What's the difference?

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Coalition is a related term of fraternity.


As nouns the difference between coalition and fraternity

is that coalition is a temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage while fraternity is the quality of being brothers or brotherly; brotherhood.

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

    fraternity

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality of being brothers or brotherly; brotherhood.
  • A group of people associated for a common purpose.
  • (US) A social organization of male students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters.
  • Synonyms

    * brotherhood

    Antonyms

    * disfavor

    See also

    * sorority