Confederation vs Coalition - What's the difference?
confederation | coalition |
A union or alliance of states or political organizations.
The act of forming an alliance.
A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.
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Coalition is a synonym of confederation.
As nouns the difference between confederation and coalition
is that confederation is a union or alliance of states or political organizations while coalition is a temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.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.confederation
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(wikipedia confederation) (en noun)Synonyms
* alliance * confederacy * federation * leagueDerived terms
* confederationism * confederationistcoalition
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(en noun)- The Liberal Democrats and Conservative parties formed a coalition government in 2010.
British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):
- At a time when Mr. Cameron is being squeezed from both sides — from the right by members of his own party and by the anti-immigrant, anti-Europe U.K. Independence Party, and from the left by his Liberal Democrat coalition partners — the move seemed uncharacteristically clunky.