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Condominium vs Coop - What's the difference?

condominium | coop |

As nouns the difference between condominium and coop

is that condominium is joint sovereignty over a territory while coop is a pen or enclosure for birds or coop can be .

As a verb coop is

to keep in a coop.

condominium

English

(wikipedia condominium)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Joint sovereignty over a territory.
  • A region or territory under such rule.
  • *2013 , Clive H Church & Randolph C Head, A Concise History of Switzerland , Cambridge 2013, p. 76:
  • *:The strategic location of the condominiums […]made them important for the Confederacy's territorial integrity even if they produced little revenue.
  • (US, Canada) A building in which each unit is owned by an individual but the grounds, structure etc is owned jointly.
  • (US, Canada) the system of ownership by which such condominiums operate
  • (US, Canada) A unit or apartment in such a complex.
  • The legal tenure involved.

    • Synonyms

    * condo building

    Derived terms

    * condo (abbreviation)

    coop

    English

    (wikipedia coop)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A pen or enclosure for birds.
  • (slang) jail
  • A barrel or cask for liquor.
    • (Johnson)
  • (Scotland) A cart from boards; a tumbrel.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To keep in a coop.
  • To shut up or confine in a narrow space; to cramp.
  • * Dryden
    • The Trojans cooped within their walls so long.
  • * John Locke
    • The contempt of all other knowledge coops the understanding up within narrow bounds.
  • (obsolete) To work upon in the manner of a cooper.
  • * Holland
    • Shaken tubs be new cooped .
    Derived terms
    * coop up

    Etymology 2

    From , by shortening.

    Noun

    (en noun)
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