Presidential vs Parliamentary - What's the difference?
presidential | parliamentary |
Presiding or watching over.
Of or pertaining to a president; as, the presidential chair; a presidential election.
Of, relating to, or enacted by a parliament
Having the supreme executive and legislative power resting with a cabinet of ministers chosen from, and responsible to a parliament.
(British) A class of train (see )
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As adjectives the difference between presidential and parliamentary
is that presidential is presiding or watching over while parliamentary is of, relating to, or enacted by a parliament.presidential
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Adjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
* presidentialnessparliamentary
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Adjective
(-)- Parliamentary procedures are sometimes slow
- Britain is a parliamentary democracy
citation, passage=The train was moving less fast through the summer night. The swift express had changed into something almost a parliamentary , had stopped three times since Norwich, and now, at long last, was approaching Banton.}}