Federal vs States - What's the difference?
federal | states |
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.
As nouns the difference between federal and states
is that federal is a law-enforcement official of the FBI; short for federal agent while states is plural of lang=en.As an adjective federal
is pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations.As a verb states is
third-person singular of state.As a proper noun States is
the United States.federal
English
Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Adjective
(-)- The Romans compelled them, contrary to all federal right, to part with Sardinia.
