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Triumvirate vs Triad - What's the difference?

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Triad is a synonym of triumvirate.



As nouns the difference between triumvirate and triad

is that triumvirate is a group or association of three, especially three statesmen while triad is a grouping of three.

triumvirate

Noun

(en noun)
  • A group or association of three, especially three statesmen.
  • Synonyms

    * threesome, triad, trine, trinity, trio, troika

    triad

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A grouping of three.
  • (music) A chord consisting of a root tone, the tone two degrees higher, and the tone four degrees higher in a given scale.
  • (electronics) on a CRT display, a group of three neighbouring phosphor dots, coloured green, red, and blue.
  • A branch of a Chinese underground criminal society, mostly based in Hong Kong.
  • Synonyms

    * (group of three) threesome, trine, trinity, trio, triplet, troika, triumvirate

    See also

    * monad * dyad * mafia * tong * yakuza * ("triad" on Wikipedia)

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