Oligarchy vs Hierarchy - What's the difference?
oligarchy | hierarchy |
A government run by only a few, often the wealthy.
Those who make up an oligarchic government.
A state ruled by such a government.
A body of authoritative officials organized in nested ranks.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist), author=Lexington
, title= Any group of objects ranked so that every one but the topmost is subordinate to a specified one above it.
As nouns the difference between oligarchy and hierarchy
is that oligarchy is a government run by only a few, often the wealthy while hierarchy is a body of authoritative officials organized in nested ranks.oligarchy
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(wikipedia oligarchy) (oligarchies)hierarchy
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(hierarchies)Keeping the mighty honest, passage=The [Washington] Post's proprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington’s hierarchy : at once regal Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account.}}