Enlist vs Confederacy - What's the difference?
enlist | confederacy |
To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.
To join a cause or organization, especially military service.
To recruit the aid or membership of others.
To secure, to obtain.
* {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad
, chapter=4
As a verb enlist
is to enter on a list; to enroll; to register.As a noun confederacy is
an alliance.As a proper noun Confederacy is
the informal name for the Confederate States of America, the collection of American states that seceded from the United States in 1861, and fought against the Union in the American Civil War.enlist
English
Verb
(en verb)- The army wants potential soldiers to enlist .
- We enlisted fifty new members.
- They enlisted government's support.
citation, passage=“I have tried, as I hinted, to enlist the co-operation of other capitalists, but experience has taught me that any appeal is futile that does not impinge directly upon cupidity. … .”}}