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Faction vs Squad - What's the difference?

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Faction is a related term of squad.


As nouns the difference between faction and squad

is that faction is a group of people, especially within a political organization, which expresses a shared belief or opinion different from people who are not part of the group or faction can be a form of literature, film etc, that treats real people or events as if they were fiction; a mix of fact and fiction while squad is a group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.

faction

Etymology 1

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Noun

(en noun)
  • A group of people, especially within a political organization, which expresses a shared belief or opinion different from people who are not part of the group.
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  • Strife; discord.
  • * 1805 , Johann Georg Cleminius, Englisches Lesebuch für Kaufleute , pg. 188:
  • Publick [sic] affairs soon fell into the utmost confusion, and in this state of faction and perplexity, the island continued, until its re-capture by the French in 1779.
  • * 2001 , Odd Magne Bakke, "Concord and Peace": A Rhetorical Analysis of the First Letter of Clement With an Emphasis on the Language of Unity and Sedition , publ. Mohr Siebeck, ISBN 3161476379, pg. 89:
  • He asks the audience if they believe that they will be more loved by the gods if the city is in a state of faction than if they govern the city with good order and concord.
    Derived terms
    * factional * factionalize

    See also

    * splinter group

    Etymology 2

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A form of literature, film etc., that treats real people or events as if they were fiction; a mix of fact and fiction
  • See also
    * (Non-fiction novel) ----

    squad

    English

    (wikipedia squad)

    Alternative forms

    * escouade (archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.
  • A unit of tactical military personnel, or of police officers, usually of about ten members.
  • * 1912 , in The New England magazine , volume 47:
  • A squad of soldiers ordered them to disperse but instead of doing so they commenced throwing ice and rocks.
  • (cricket, soccer, rugby) A group of potential players from whom a starting team and substitutes are chosen.
  • (UK, dialect) sloppy mud
  • (Tennyson)

    Derived terms

    * flying squad

    See also

    *

    Anagrams

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