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chieftainship

Possession vs Chieftainship - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between possession and chieftainship

is that possession is control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights while chieftainship is (uncountable) the state of being a chieftain.

As a verb possession

is (obsolete) to invest with property.