Junto vs Cabal - What's the difference?
junto | cabal | Related terms |
A group of men assembled for some common purpose; a club, or cabal.
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*1844 , (Edgar Allan Poe), ‘The Premature Burial’:
A usually secret exclusive organization of individuals gathered for a political purpose.
A secret plot.
An identifiable group within the tradition of .
* 1965
To engage in the activities of a
* I believed her to have been carried off by some persons belonging to a party of Jacobites who were known to be caballing against the government, though to what extent was not then ascertained.
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As nouns the difference between junto and cabal
is that junto is a group of men assembled for some common purpose; a club, or cabal while cabal is a usually secret exclusive organization of individuals gathered for a political purpose.As a verb cabal is
to engage in the activities of a cabal.junto
English
Noun
(en-noun)- I was seized and shaken without ceremony, for several minutes, by a junto of very rough-looking individuals.
cabal
English
(wikipedia cabal)Noun
(en noun)- The cabal is plotting to take over the world.
- The cabal to destroy the building was foiled by federal agents.
- Some episkoposes have a one-man cabal . Some work together. Some never do explain.