Coalition vs Fraternity - What's the difference?
coalition | fraternity | Related terms |
A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.
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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.
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
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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.