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Guild vs Cooperative - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between guild and cooperative

is that guild is a group of tradespeople made up of merchants, craftspeople, or artisans, particularly in the Middle Ages while cooperative is a type of company that is owned partially or wholly by its employees, customers or tenants. Abbreviation: co-op.

As an adjective cooperative is

ready to work with another person or in a team; ready to cooperate.

guild

English

Noun

(wikipedia guild) (en noun)
  • A group of tradespeople made up of merchants, craftspeople, or artisans, particularly in the Middle Ages
  • (biology) A group of diverse species that share common characteristics or habits

    • Synonyms

    * (group of tradespeople) union, trade union, professional association

    References

    * The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, 2000, Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009 * Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, HarperCollins Publishers, 2003

    cooperative

    English

    Alternative forms

    * co-operative * *

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Ready to work with another person or in a team; ready to cooperate.
  • Relating to a cooperative or cooperatives

    • Antonyms

    * adversarial * competitive

    Related terms

    * cooperation * cooperatively

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A type of company that is owned partially or wholly by its employees, customers or tenants. Abbreviation: co-op.

    • External links

    * (wikipedia "cooperative")

    References

    * Chambers 21st Century Dictionary [http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/chambers/features/chref/chref.py/main?query=cooperative&title=21st&sourceid=Mozilla-search] retrieved on November 7, 2006 ----