different between brotherhood vs guild

English

Etymology

From Middle English brotherhod, equivalent to brother +? -hood, from earlier brotherhede, alteration (influenced by suffixes in -hood, -head) of Early Middle English brotherrede (“brotherhood, fraternity”), from Old English br?þorr?den (“brotherhood, fellowship”), equivalent to brother +? -red (see brotherred). More at brother, -red.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b??ð?h?d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b??ð?h?d/
• Hyphenation: broth?er?hood

Noun

brotherhood (countable and uncountable, plural brotherhoods)

1. The state of being brothers or a brother.
2. An association for any purpose, such as a society of monks; a fraternity.
3. The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, especially those of the same profession

4. People, or (poetically) things, of the same kind.
   • 1800, William Wordsworth, s:Degenerate Douglas

     a brotherhood of venerable trees

Synonyms

• fraternity, association, fellowship, sodality, brethren

Hypernyms

• (state): siblinghood

Translations

See also

• sisterhood

Further reading

• brotherhood in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• brotherhood in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• brotherhood at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Alternative forms

• gild

Etymology

From Middle English gilde, from Old Norse gildi (“payment, guild”). Related to geld, yield, yauld.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ld/
• Rhymes: -?ld
• Homophones: gild, gilled

Noun

guild (plural guilds)

1. A group or association mainly of tradespeople made up of merchants, craftspeople, or artisans for mutual aid, particularly in the Middle Ages.
2. A corporation.
3. (ecology) A group of diverse species that share common characteristics or habits.
4. (video games) An organized group of players who regularly play together in a multiplayer game.

Synonyms

• (medieval professional associations): Hanse (merchants)
• (modern professional associations): trade union, union, professional association

Translations

See also

• (meeting place): guild hall, guildhall, guildsman, guildswoman, common house, common hall

References

• The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, 2000, Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009
• Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, HarperCollins Publishers, 2003