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Pension vs Congress - What's the difference?

pension | congress |

In archaic terms the difference between pension and congress

is that pension is a wage in active service while congress is a coming-together of two or more people; a meeting.

As nouns the difference between pension and congress

is that pension is a gratuity paid regularly as benefit due to a person in consideration of past services; notably to one retired from service, on account of retirement age, disability or similar cause; especially, a regular stipend paid by a government to retired public officers, disabled soldiers; sometimes passed on to the heirs, or even specifically for them, as to the families of soldiers killed in service while congress is a coming-together of two or more people; a meeting.

As a verb pension

is to grant a pension.

As a proper noun Congress is

the two legislative bodies of the United States: the House of Representatives, and the Senate.

pension

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A gratuity paid regularly as benefit due to a person in consideration of past services; notably to one retired from service, on account of retirement age, disability or similar cause; especially, a regular stipend paid by a government to retired public officers, disabled soldiers; sometimes passed on to the heirs, or even specifically for them, as to the families of soldiers killed in service.
    • ''Pensioners depend on their pension to pay the bills
  • A stated regular allowance by way of patronage or subsidy, e.g. to meritorious artists, or the like.
  • Accommodations or the payment for accommodations, especially at a boarding house or small hotel in Europe.
  • A boarding house or small hotel, as in continental Europe, which offers lodging and certain meals and services.
    • A pension had somewhat less to offer than a hotel; it was always smaller, and never elegant; it sometimes offered breakfast, and sometimes not (John Irving).
  • (dated) A boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.
  • (archaic) A wage in active service

    • Synonyms

    * (regularly paid gratuity) superannuation * (boarding house) hotel, hostel , (informal) bed and breakfast * (payment for accommodations) rent

    Derived terms

    * pensionary * pensioner * pension fund * pensionless * full pension

    Verb

    (en verb) (transitive)
  • To grant a pension
  • To force someone to retire on a pension.

    • Synonyms

    * (to force to retire) pension off

    Derived terms

    * pensionable

    congress

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • (archaic) A coming-together of two or more people; a meeting.
  • *, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.48:
    • After some little repast, he went to see Democritus […]. The multitude stood gazing round about to see the congress .
  • A formal gathering or assembly; a conference held to discuss or decide on a specific question.
  • (often capitalized: Congress ) A legislative body of a state, originally the bicameral legislature of the United States of America.
  • An association, especially one consisting of other associations or representatives of interest groups.
    • The National Congress of American Indians
  • Coitus]]; [[sexual intercourse, Sexual intercourse.

    • Synonyms

    * (legislative body) assembly, legislature, parliament * (association) federation

    Derived terms

    * congressional, congressionally * congressman * congress gaiter, congress shoe * Congress Party