Coalition vs Squad - What's the difference?
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A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.
* 2013 May 23, , "
A group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.
A unit of tactical military personnel, or of police officers, usually of about ten members.
* 1912 , in The New England magazine , volume 47:
(cricket, soccer, rugby) A group of potential players from whom a starting team and substitutes are chosen.
(UK, dialect) sloppy mud
As nouns the difference between coalition and squad
is that coalition is a temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage while squad is a group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.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.
Derived terms
* coalition of the willing * coalitional * coalitionary * coalitioner * coalitionism * coalitionist * First Coalition * Second Coalition * Third Coalition * Fourth CoalitionExternal links
* ("coalition" on Wikipedia) ----squad
English
(wikipedia squad)Alternative forms
* escouade (archaic)Noun
(en noun)- A squad of soldiers ordered them to disperse but instead of doing so they commenced throwing ice and rocks.
- (Tennyson)