Confederate vs Colleague - What's the difference?
confederate | colleague |
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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A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate.
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, title= To unite or associate with another or with others.
As nouns the difference between confederate and colleague
is that confederate is a supporter or resident of the confederate states of america while colleague is a fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate.As an adjective confederate
is of or relating to the confederate states of america.As a verb colleague is
to unite or associate with another or with others.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.
Quotations
* , Youth's Antiphony, lines 11-12 *: Hour after hour, remote from the world's throng, *: Work, contest, fame, all life's confederate pleasVerb
(en-verb)colleague
English
Noun
(wikipedia colleague) (en noun)A punch in the gut, passage=Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial.
Synonyms
* coworker * workmate * See alsoSee also
Do not confuse with: * college * collageVerb
(colleagu)- Young Fortinbras,/ Holding a weak supposal of our worth/...Colleagued with the dream of his advantage,/...hath not failed to pester us with message/ Importing the surrender of those lands/Lost by his father.'' - ''Hamlet (Act I, Scene 2)