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Monopoly vs Monopole - What's the difference?

monopoly | monopole |

As nouns the difference between monopoly and monopole

is that monopoly is a situation, by legal privilege or other agreement, in which solely one party (company, cartel etc.) exclusively provides a particular product or service, dominating that market and generally exerting powerful control over it while monopole is an appellation owned by a single winery.

As a proper noun Monopoly

is a board game in which players use play money to buy and trade properties, with the objective of forcing opponents into bankruptcy.

monopoly

English

(wikipedia monopoly)

Noun

(monopolies)
  • A situation, by legal privilege or other agreement, in which solely one party (company, cartel etc.) exclusively provides a particular product or service, dominating that market and generally exerting powerful control over it.
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  • An exclusive control over the trade or production of a commodity or service through exclusive possession.
  • The privilege granting the exclusive right to exert such control.
  • (metonymy) The market thus controlled.
  • (metonymy) The holder (person, company or other) of such market domination in one of the the above manners.

    • Synonyms

    * (holder) monopolist

    Antonyms

    * monopsony

    Derived terms

    * monopolistic * monopolistically * monopolize, monopolization, monopolizer

    Related terms

    * duopoly * oligopoly

    External links

    * *

    monopole

    English

    Etymology 1

    From the (etyl) monopole or its etymon the .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An appellation owned by a single winery.

    • External links

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    References

    * “ ?monopole¹]” listed in the [2nd Ed.; 1989

    Etymology 2

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (physics) A magnetic monopole.
  • A monopole antenna.
  • An electrical power transmission line having one direct-current conductor and a ground (earth) connection.

    • External links

    * (Magnetic monopole) * (Monopole antenna)

    References

    * monopole³]” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989 English terms with multiple etymologies ----