Federal vs Confederate - What's the difference?
federal | confederate |
Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations.
* Grew
Pertaining to the national government level, as opposed to state, provincial, county, city, or town.
a member of a confederacy
an accomplice in a plot
* Macaulay
(psychology) An actor who participates in a psychological experiment pretending to be a subject but in actuality working for the researcher (also known as a "stooge").
of, relating to, or united in a confederacy
banded together; allied.
* Shakespeare
To combine into a confederacy.
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As adjectives the difference between federal and confederate
is that federal is federal while confederate is of or relating to the confederate states of america.As a noun confederate is
a supporter or resident of the confederate states of america.federal
English
Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Adjective
(-)- The Romans compelled them, contrary to all federal right, to part with Sardinia.
Derived terms
* quasifederalSynonyms
* (noun)Anagrams
* ----confederate
English
Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(en noun)- He found some of his confederates in gaol.
Adjective
(en adjective)- All the swords / In Italy, and her confederate arms, / Could not have made this peace.