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Federal vs Confederate - What's the difference?

federal | confederate |

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

(-)
  • Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations.
  • * Grew
  • The Romans compelled them, contrary to all federal right, to part with Sardinia.
  • Pertaining to the national government level, as opposed to state, provincial, county, city, or town.
  • Derived terms

    * quasifederal

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US) A law-enforcement official of the FBI; short for federal agent.
  • Synonyms

    * (noun)

    Anagrams

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    confederate

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a member of a confederacy
  • an accomplice in a plot
  • * Macaulay
  • He found some of his confederates in gaol.
  • (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").
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of, relating to, or united in a confederacy
  • banded together; allied.
  • * Shakespeare
  • All the swords / In Italy, and her confederate arms, / Could not have made this peace.

    Quotations

    * , Youth's Antiphony, lines 11-12 *: Hour after hour, remote from the world's throng, *: Work, contest, fame, all life's confederate pleas

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To combine into a confederacy.
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