Confederation vs Alliance - What's the difference?
confederation | alliance | Synonyms |
A union or alliance of states or political organizations.
The act of forming an alliance.
(uncountable) The state of being allied.
(countable) The act of allying or uniting.
(countable) A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league.
(countable) Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.
* C. J. Smith
* Mansel
(with the definite article) The persons or parties allied.
(obsolete) To connect or unite by alliance; to ally.
Alliance is a synonym of confederation.
As nouns the difference between confederation and alliance
is that confederation is a union or alliance of states or political organizations while alliance is the state of being allied.As a proper noun Confederation
is in Canada, the federal union of provinces and territories which formed Canada, beginning with New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec, and later including all the others.As a verb alliance is
to connect or unite by alliance; to ally.confederation
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(wikipedia confederation) (en noun)Synonyms
* alliance * confederacy * federation * leagueDerived terms
* confederationism * confederationistalliance
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(alliance)Alternative forms
* alliaunceNoun
- matrimonial alliances'''; an '''alliance between church and state, or between two countries
- the alliance of the principles of the world with those of the gospel
- the alliance between logic and metaphysics
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