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Confraternity vs Coalition - What's the difference?

confraternity | coalition | Related terms |

Confraternity is a related term of coalition.


As nouns the difference between confraternity and coalition

is that confraternity is a group of people with a common interest while coalition is a temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.

confraternity

English

Noun

(confraternities)
  • A group of people with a common interest.
  • A fraternity or brotherhood.
  • coalition

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.
  • The Liberal Democrats and Conservative parties formed a coalition government in 2010.
  • * 2013 May 23, , " 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.

    Derived terms

    * coalition of the willing * coalitional * coalitionary * coalitioner * coalitionism * coalitionist * First Coalition * Second Coalition * Third Coalition * Fourth Coalition