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conservative | congress |

As proper nouns the difference between conservative and congress

is that conservative is conservative party while congress is the two legislative bodies of the united states: the house of representatives, and the senate.

conservative

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who favors maintenance of the status quo or reversion to some earlier status.
  • (US, economics) A fiscal conservative
  • (US, politics) A political conservative
  • (US, social sciences) A social conservative.

    • Synonyms

    * traditionalist * right-winger

    Coordinate terms

    * moderate, liberal, progressive, libertarian, centrist

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Tending to resist change or innovation.
    • The curriculum committee at this university is extremely conservative .
  • Based on pessimistic assumptions.
    • At a conservative estimate, growth may even be negative next year.
  • (US, economics, politics, social sciences) Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social conservatism.
  • (US, politics) Relating to the Republican Party, regardless of its conservatism.
  • (British, politics) Relating to the Conservative Party.
  • * 1830 , Quarterly Rev.
    • We have always been conscientiously attached to what is called the Tory, and which might with more propriety be called the Conservative , party.
  • (physics, notcomp) Neither creating nor destroying a given quantity.
  • Having power to preserve in a safe or entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "conservative")

    Related terms

    * anticonservative * Conservative * conserve * conservationist * conservatism * conservator * fiscal conservative * political conservative * social conservative * small-c conservative

    See also

    * ("conservative" on Wikipedia) * Labour Party * liberal * Republican party * Tory ----

    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