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Confederate vs Federate - What's the difference?

confederate | federate |

As adjectives the difference between confederate and federate

is that confederate is of, relating to, or united in a confederacy while federate is federated, united in an alliance or federation.

As verbs the difference between confederate and federate

is that confederate is to combine into a confederacy while federate is to unite in a federation.

As a noun confederate

is a member of a confederacy.

confederate

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • a member of a confederacy
  • an accomplice in a plot
  • * Macaulay
    • He found some of his confederates in gaol.
  • (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").

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of, relating to, or united in a confederacy
  • banded together; allied.
  • * Shakespeare
    • 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 pleas

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To combine into a confederacy.
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    federate

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • federated, united in an alliance or federation.

    • Verb

  • To unite in a federation.

    • Anagrams

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