different between brotherhood vs society

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

• soc. (abbreviation)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French societé , from Latin societ?s, societ?tem (“fellowship, association, alliance, union, community”), from socius (“associated, allied; partner, companion, ally”), from Proto-Indo-European *sok?-yo- (“companion”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek?- (“to follow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??sa?.?.ti/

Noun

society (countable and uncountable, plural societies)

1. (countable) A long-standing group of people sharing cultural aspects such as language, dress, norms of behavior and artistic forms.
2. (countable) A group of people who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest; an association or organization.

   • At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors. […] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.

3. (countable) The sum total of all voluntary interrelations between individuals.
4. (uncountable) The people of one’s country or community taken as a whole.
5. (uncountable) High society.
6. (countable, law) A number of people joined by mutual consent to deliberate, determine and act toward a common goal.

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References

Further reading

• "society" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 291.