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Congress vs Caucus - What's the difference?

congress | caucus |

In us|lang=en terms the difference between congress and caucus

is that congress is (us) a two-year session of these bodies, commencing after a federal election and ending before the next one while caucus is (us) to meet and participate in caucus.

As a proper noun congress

is the two legislative bodies of the united states: the house of representatives, and the senate.

As a noun caucus is

(us) a meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or to select delegates to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding measures of party policy; a political primary meeting.

As a verb caucus is

(us) to meet and participate in caucus.

congress

English

Noun

(es)
  • (archaic) A coming-together of two or more people; a meeting.
  • *, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.48:
    • After some little repast, he went to see Democritus […]. The multitude stood gazing round about to see the congress .
  • A formal gathering or assembly; a conference held to discuss or decide on a specific question.
  • (often capitalized: Congress ) A legislative body of a state, originally the bicameral legislature of the United States of America.
  • An association, especially one consisting of other associations or representatives of interest groups.
    • The National Congress of American Indians
  • Coitus]]; [[sexual intercourse, Sexual intercourse.

    • Synonyms

    * (legislative body) assembly, legislature, parliament * (association) federation

    Derived terms

    * congressional, congressionally * congressman * congress gaiter, congress shoe * Congress Party

    caucus

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • (US) A meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or to select delegates to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding measures of party policy; a political primary meeting.
  • (US, Canada) A grouping of all the members of a legislature from the same party.

    • Derived terms

    * caucus race

    Verb

    (es)
  • (US) To meet and participate in caucus.
  • * 2006 , Associated Press, (reprinted in the Boston Globe) [http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/11/13/lieberman_wont_rule_out_gop_caucusing/], November 13,
    • "Senator Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut said yesterday that he will caucus with Senate Democrats in the new Congress, but he would not rule out switching to the Republican caucus if he starts to feel uncomfortable among Democrats."

    See also

    * (wikipedia)

    References

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