Municipal vs Council - What's the difference?
municipal | council |
Of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).
Of or pertaining to the internal affairs of a nation.
(finance) A financial instrument issued by a municipality.
* {{quote-news, year=2008, date=April 21, author=Julie Connelly, title=Muni Bonds, Safe With High Yields, work=New York Times
, passage=“This might be the last great opportunity for preretirement baby boomers to buy municipals at such attractive levels,” said Janet Fiorenza, head of municipal fixed income at Lehman Brothers Asset Management.}}
A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council).
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=Foreword Discussion or deliberation.
* Milton
* Alexander Pope
As nouns the difference between municipal and council
is that municipal is (finance) a financial instrument issued by a municipality while council is a committee that leads or governs (eg city council, student council).As an adjective municipal
is of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).municipal
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Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* civicDerived terms
* municipalityNoun
(en noun)citation
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* * ----council
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Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.}}
- Satan void of rest, / His potentates to council called by night.
- O great in action and in council wise.