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Confederation vs Syndicate - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between confederation and syndicate

is that confederation is a union or alliance of states or political organizations while syndicate is a group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest; a self-coordinating group.

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 syndicate is

to become a syndicate.

confederation

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(wikipedia confederation) (en noun)
  • A union or alliance of states or political organizations.
  • The act of forming an alliance.
  • Synonyms

    * alliance * confederacy * federation * league

    Derived terms

    * confederationism * confederationist

    syndicate

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia syndicate) (en noun)
  • A group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest; a self-coordinating group.
  • A similar group of gangsters engaged in organized crime.
  • A chain of newspapers, or an agency that distributes features to multiple newspapers.
  • The office or jurisdiction of a syndic; a council or body of syndics.
  • (Bishop Burnet)

    Synonyms

    * (roughly) — business partners

    Verb

    (syndicat)
  • To become a syndicate.
  • To put under the control of a group acting as a unit.
  • To release media content through a syndicate to be published or broadcast through multiple outlets.
  • Anagrams

    *