League vs Organization - What's the difference?
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A group or association of cooperating members.
* Denham
An organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship.
(informal) Rugby league.
To form an association; to unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support.
(measurement) The distance that a person can walk in one hour, commonly taken to be approximately three English miles (about five kilometers).
* M. Le Page Du Pratz, History of Louisiana (PG), p. 47
A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.
(uncountable) The quality of being organized.
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, title= (uncountable) The way in which something is organized, such as a book or an article.
(countable) A group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules.
(countable) A group of people consciously cooperating.
(baseball) A major league club and all its farm teams.
As nouns the difference between league and organization
is that league is a group or association of cooperating members or league can be (measurement) the distance that a person can walk in one hour, commonly taken to be approximately three english miles (about five kilometers) while organization is (uncountable) the quality of being organized.As a verb league
is to form an association; to unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support.league
English
(wikipedia league)Etymology 1
(etyl) ligg, from (etyl) ligue, from (etyl) lega, from the verb legare, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- the League of Nations
- And let there be / 'Twixt us and them no league , nor amity.
- My favorite sports organizations are the National Football League''' and the American '''League in baseball.
- Are you going to watch the league tonight?
Derived terms
* bush league * in a league of one's own * in league (with) * major league * minor league * non-league * out of one's league * seven-league bootsVerb
(leagu)- (South)
Etymology 2
From (m), possibly from (etyl).Noun
(en noun)- Seven leagues above the mouth of the river we meet with two other passes, as large as the middle one by which we entered.''
References
* Online Etymology,league* Middle English Dictionary, lege
organization
English
(wikipedia organization)Alternative forms
* organisationNoun
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