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Consortium vs Council - What's the difference?

consortium | council |

As nouns the difference between consortium and council

is that consortium is an association or combination of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture while council is a committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council).

consortium

English

Noun

(wikipedia consortium) (en-noun)
  • An association or combination of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture.
  • A similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions or organizations.
  • An association or society.
  • (legal) The right of a spouse to all the normal relationships with his or her mate.

    • council

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council).
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.}}
  • Discussion or deliberation.
  • * Milton
    • Satan void of rest, / His potentates to council called by night.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • O great in action and in council wise.

    Hyponyms

    * synod

    See also

    * counsel