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Multilateral vs Multinational - What's the difference?

multilateral | multinational |

As adjectives the difference between multilateral and multinational

is that multilateral is having many sides or points of view while multinational is of, or involving more than two countries.

As a noun multinational is

a multinational company.

multilateral

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Having many sides or points of view.
  • Involving more than one party (often used in politics to refer to negotiations, talks, or proceedings involving several nations).

    • multinational

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • of, or involving more than two countries
  • (of a business organization) operating, or having subsidiary companies in multiple countries (especially more than two)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • a multinational company