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League vs Confederation - What's the difference?

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League is a synonym of confederation.

League is a synonym of confederation.


As nouns the difference between league and confederation

is that league is a group or association of cooperating members or league can be (measurement) the distance that a person can walk in one hour, commonly taken to be approximately three english miles (about five kilometers) while confederation is a union or alliance of states or political organizations.

As a verb league

is to form an association; to unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support.

league

English

(wikipedia league)

Etymology 1

(etyl) ligg, from (etyl) ligue, from (etyl) lega, from the verb legare, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A group or association of cooperating members.
    • the League of Nations
  • * Denham
    • And let there be / 'Twixt us and them no league , nor amity.
  • An organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship.
    • My favorite sports organizations are the National Football League''' and the American '''League in baseball.
  • (informal) Rugby league.
    • Are you going to watch the league tonight?
    Derived terms
    * bush league * in a league of one's own * in league (with) * major league * minor league * non-league * out of one's league * seven-league boots

    Verb

    (leagu)
  • To form an association; to unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support.
    • (South)

    Etymology 2

    From (m), possibly from (etyl).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (measurement) The distance that a person can walk in one hour, commonly taken to be approximately three English miles (about five kilometers).
  • * M. Le Page Du Pratz, History of Louisiana (PG), p. 47
    • Seven leagues above the mouth of the river we meet with two other passes, as large as the middle one by which we entered.''
  • A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.

    • References

    * Online Etymology, league * Middle English Dictionary, lege

    confederation

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

    (wikipedia confederation) (en noun)
  • A union or alliance of states or political organizations.
  • The act of forming an alliance.

    • Synonyms

    * alliance * confederacy * federation * league

    Derived terms

    * confederationism * confederationist