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Election vs Campaign - What's the difference?

election | campaign |

In obsolete terms the difference between election and campaign

is that election is those who are elected while campaign is an open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills; a champaign.

As nouns the difference between election and campaign

is that election is a process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote while campaign is a series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal.

As a verb campaign is

to take part in a campaign.

election

English

(Election)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors or other representatives by popular vote.
    • The parliamentary elections will be held in March.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=November 7, author=Matt Bai, title=Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=That brief moment after the election four years ago, when many Americans thought Mr. Obama’s election would presage a new, less fractious political era, now seems very much a thing of the past.}}
  • The choice of a leader or representative by popular vote.
    • The election of John Smith was due to his broad appeal.
  • (archaic) Any conscious choice.
  • *, II.20:
    • Whosoever searcheth all the circumstances and embraceth all the consequences thereof hindereth his election .
  • * Francis Bacon
    • To use men with much difference and election is good.
  • (theology) In Calvinism, God's predestination of saints including all of the elect.
  • (obsolete) Those who are elected.
  • * Bible, Rom. xi. 7
    • The election hath obtained it.

    Related terms

    * elect, elective, elector, electoral, electorate

    Derived terms

    * by-election * election theft * electioneer * electioneering * election of remedies * general election * primary election

    Synonyms

    * (theology) chosenness

    See also

    * psephology

    See also

    * (projectlink) * (projectlink) ----

    campaign

    English

    (wikipedia campaign)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal.
    • an election campaign'''; a military '''campaign
    The company is targeting children in their latest advertising campaign .
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 9 , author=Mandeep Sanghera , title=Tottenham 1 - 2 Norwich , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=The Canaries went ahead when the home defence failed to clear their lines and Pilkington was on hand to slide in his eighth goal of the campaign .}}
  • (obsolete) An open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills; a champaign.
    • (Grath)
  • The period during which a blast furnace is continuously in operation.

    • Derived terms

    * advertising campaign * election campaign * military campaign * political campaign * rumor campaign * whisper campaign

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To take part in a campaign.
    • She campaigned for better social security.
    * {{quote-news , year=2012 , date=April 19 , author=Josh Halliday , title=Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised? , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=But the purported rise in violent videos online has led some MPs to campaign for courts to have more power to remove or block material on YouTube. The Labour MP Heidi Alexander said she was appalled after a constituent was robbed at knifepoint, and the attackers could be found brandishing weapons and rapping about gang violence online.}}