Bailiwick vs Fief - What's the difference?
bailiwick | fief |
the district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.
a person's concern or sphere of operations, their area of skill or authority.
* {{quote-book, 1961, author=, title=The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt
, passage=I established the fairly well-understood pattern that affairs of state were not in my bailiwick .}}
An estate held of a superior on condition of military service.
Something over which one has rights or exercises control.
(metaphor) An area of dominion, especially in a corporate or governmental bureaucracy.
As nouns the difference between bailiwick and fief
is that bailiwick is the district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction while fief is an estate held of a superior on condition of military service.bailiwick
English
(wikipedia bailiwick)Noun
(en noun)- The .
