Compeer vs Confederate - What's the difference?
compeer | confederate | Related terms |
(obsolete) the equal or peer of someone else; someone who is a close companion or associate of someone else
* Milton
To be equal with; to match.
* Shakespeare
a member of a confederacy
an accomplice in a plot
* Macaulay
(psychology) An actor who participates in a psychological experiment pretending to be a subject but in actuality working for the researcher (also known as a "stooge").
of, relating to, or united in a confederacy
banded together; allied.
* Shakespeare
To combine into a confederacy.
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As nouns the difference between compeer and confederate
is that compeer is the equal or peer of someone else; someone who is a close companion or associate of someone else while confederate is a member of a confederacy.As verbs the difference between compeer and confederate
is that compeer is to be equal with; to match while confederate is to combine into a confederacy.As an adjective confederate is
of, relating to, or united in a confederacy.compeer
English
Noun
(en noun)- And him thus answer'd soon his bold compeer .
Verb
(en verb)- In my rights, / By me invested, he compeers the best.
Anagrams
*confederate
English
Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(en noun)- He found some of his confederates in gaol.
Adjective
(en adjective)- All the swords / In Italy, and her confederate arms, / Could not have made this peace.