Council vs Senate - What's the difference?
council | senate |
A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council).
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* Milton
* Alexander Pope
In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber.
A group of experienced, respected, wise individuals serving as decision makers or advisors in a political system or in institutional governance, as in a university, and traditionally of advanced age and male.
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As nouns the difference between council and senate
is that council is a committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council) while senate is in some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber.As a proper noun Senate is
any of several legislative bodies. In countries which have multiple legislative bodies, the Senate is often the more senior.council
English
Noun
(en noun)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.}}
- Satan void of rest, / His potentates to council called by night.
- O great in action and in council wise.
Hyponyms
* synodSee also
* counselsenate
English
Noun
(en noun)- Before the Tyrant's throne
- All night his aged Senate sate.