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Faction vs Trimmer - What's the difference?

faction | trimmer |

As nouns the difference between faction and trimmer

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 trimmer is one who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments.

As an adjective trimmer is

(trim).

faction

English

(wikipedia 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.
  • *
  • 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
    Related terms
    * -faction * fact * factor * factorial * factory * fashion

    See also

    * splinter group

    Etymology 2

    .

    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
    • Related terms
    * fact * fiction
    See also
    * (Non-fiction novel) ----

    trimmer

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (trim)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments.
  • A device used to trim.
  • (nautical) a member of the crew who trims the sails.
  • Someone who fluctuates between opposing factions, political parties etc., according to current interest.
  • * 1848 , (Baron Macaulay), History of England , I.2:
    • Thus Halifax was a Trimmer on principle.
  • * 2011 , Thomas Penn, Winter King , Penguin 2012, p. 9:
    • Lady Margaret Beaufort's third husband, Lord Stanley, an accomplished political trimmer , gave fair words but little commitment: the vast, well-armed Stanley retinues shadowed Henry's route southeast to the battlefield and waited, detached, to see how the chips fell.
  • (architecture) A beam into which are framed the ends of headers in floor framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs, or to avoid bringing joists near chimneys.