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Seminar vs Council - What's the difference?

seminar | council |

As nouns the difference between seminar and council

is that seminar is seminar while council is a committee that leads or governs (eg city council, student council).

seminar

English

(wikipedia seminar)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A class held for advanced studies in which students meet regularly to discuss original research, under the guidance of a professor.
  • A meeting held for the exchange of useful information by members of a common business community.

    • Derived terms

    * proseminar * webinar

    Related terms

    * semen * seminary

    Anagrams

    * * * ----

    council

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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 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.}}
  • Discussion or deliberation.
  • * Milton
    • Satan void of rest, / His potentates to council called by night.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • O great in action and in council wise.

    Hyponyms

    * synod

    See also

    * counsel