Congress vs League - What's the difference?
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(archaic) A coming-together of two or more people; a meeting.
*, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.48:
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.
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A group or association of cooperating members.
* Denham
An organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship.
(informal) Rugby league.
To form an association; to unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support.
(measurement) The distance that a person can walk in one hour, commonly taken to be approximately three English miles (about five kilometers).
* M. Le Page Du Pratz, History of Louisiana (PG), p. 47
A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.
Congress is a related term of league.
As a proper noun congress
is the two legislative bodies of the united states: the house of representatives, and the senate.As a noun league is
a group or association of cooperating members or league can be (measurement) the distance that a person can walk in one hour, commonly taken to be approximately three english miles (about five kilometers).As a verb league is
to form an association; to unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support.congress
English
Noun
(es)- After some little repast, he went to see Democritus […]. The multitude stood gazing round about to see the congress .
- The National Congress of American Indians
Synonyms
* (legislative body) assembly, legislature, parliament * (association) federationDerived terms
* congressional, congressionally * congressman * congress gaiter, congress shoe * Congress Partyleague
English
(wikipedia league)Etymology 1
(etyl) ligg, from (etyl) ligue, from (etyl) lega, from the verb legare, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- the League of Nations
- And let there be / 'Twixt us and them no league , nor amity.
- My favorite sports organizations are the National Football League''' and the American '''League in baseball.
- Are you going to watch the league tonight?
Derived terms
* bush league * in a league of one's own * in league (with) * major league * minor league * non-league * out of one's league * seven-league bootsVerb
(leagu)- (South)
Etymology 2
From (m), possibly from (etyl).Noun
(en noun)- Seven leagues above the mouth of the river we meet with two other passes, as large as the middle one by which we entered.''
References
* Online Etymology,league* Middle English Dictionary, lege