different between diplomacy vs governance

English

Etymology

From French diplomatie, a back-formation from diplomatique, ultimately from Latin diploma (“letter of recommendation or authority”); see diploma.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??pl??m?si/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d??plo?m?si/
• Hyphenation: di?plom?a?cy

Noun

diplomacy (countable and uncountable, plural diplomacies)

1. The art and practice of conducting international relations by negotiating alliances, treaties, agreements etc., bilaterally or multilaterally, between states and sometimes international organizations, or even between polities with varying status, such as those of monarchs and their princely vassals.

   Synonyms: statesmanship, statecraft

   Hyponyms: dollar diplomacy, gastrodiplomacy

2. Tact and subtle skill in dealing with people so as to avoid or settle hostility.

Derived terms

• dollar diplomacy
• gastrodiplomacy

Related terms

• diploma
• diplomat
• diplomatic
• diplomatist

Translations

Further reading

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

English

Alternative forms

• gouvernance, gouvernaunce, governaunce (all obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English governaunce, from Old French gouvernance, governance.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???v?n?ns/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???v??n?ns/

Noun

governance (countable and uncountable, plural governances)

1. The process, or the power, of governing; government or administration.
2. The specific system by which a political system is ruled.
3. The group of people who make up an administrative body.
4. The state of being governed.
5. (management) Accountability for consistent, cohesive policies, processes and decision rights.

Hyponyms

• corporate governance
• data governance
• open governance

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Congrevean

Middle English

Noun

governance

1. Alternative form of governaunce