Faction vs Team - What's the difference?
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A group of people, especially within a political organization, which expresses a shared belief or opinion different from people who are not part of the group.
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Strife; discord.
* 1805 , Johann Georg Cleminius, Englisches Lesebuch für Kaufleute ,
* 2001 , Odd Magne Bakke, "Concord and Peace": A Rhetorical Analysis of the First Letter of Clement With an Emphasis on the Language of Unity and Sedition , publ. Mohr Siebeck, ISBN 3161476379,
A form of literature, film etc., that treats real people or events as if they were fiction; a mix of fact and fiction
A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.
* Macaulay
* 1931 , William Faulkner, Sanctuary , Vintage 1993, p. 111:
Any group of people involved in the same activity, especially sports or work.
(obsolete) A group of animals moving together, especially young ducks.
* Holland
* Dryden
(UK, legal, obsolete) A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping, and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes, and villains, and their offspring, or suit, that is, goods and chattels, and appurtenances thereto.
* ALEXANDER M. BURRILL, LAW DICTIONARY & GLOSSARY, vol II, 1871 URL: http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924022836450
To form a group, as for sports or work.
To convey or haul with a team.
Faction is a related term of team.
As nouns the difference between faction and team
is that faction is a group of people, especially within a political organization, which expresses a shared belief or opinion different from people who are not part of the group or faction can be a form of literature, film etc, that treats real people or events as if they were fiction; a mix of fact and fiction while team is team.faction
English
(wikipedia faction)Etymology 1
.Noun
(en noun)pg. 188:
- Publick [sic] affairs soon fell into the utmost confusion, and in this state of faction and perplexity, the island continued, until its re-capture by the French in 1779.
pg. 89:
- He asks the audience if they believe that they will be more loved by the gods if the city is in a state of faction than if they govern the city with good order and concord.
Derived terms
* factional * factionalizeSee also
* splinter groupEtymology 2
.Noun
(en noun)See also
* (Non-fiction novel) ----team
English
(wikipedia team)Etymology 1
From (etyl) teme, from (etyl) . More at (l), (l).Noun
(en noun)- It happened almost every day that coaches stuck fast, until a team of cattle could be procured from some neighbouring farm to tug them out of the slough.
- The adjacent alleys were choked with tethered wagons, the teams reversed and nuzzling gnawed corn-ears over the tail-boards.
- We need more volunteers for the netball team .
- The IT manager leads a team of three software developers.
- a team of ducklings about her
- a long team of snowy swans on high
- TEAM, Theam, Tem, Them. Sax. [from tyman, to propagate, to teem.] In old English law. Literally, an offspring, race or generation. A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes and villeins, and their offspring or suit. They who had a jurisdiction of this kind, were said to have a court of Theme... constantly used in the old books in connection with toll, in the expression Toll & Team.
Usage notes
* When referring to the actions of a sports team, British English typically uses the third-person plural form rather than the third-person singular. However, this is not done in other contexts such as in business or politics. ** **: Manchester were unable to bring the strong team they originally intended, ** **: Leeds were champions again.Descendants
* German: (l)Verb
(en verb)- They teamed to complete the project.
- to team lumber
- (Thoreau)