different between enlist vs confederacy

English

Etymology

en- +? list

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?l?st/
• Rhymes: -?st

Verb

enlist (third-person singular simple present enlists, present participle enlisting, simple past and past participle enlisted)

1. (transitive) To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.
2. (intransitive) To join a cause or organization, especially military service.

3. (transitive) To recruit the aid or membership of others.

4. (transitive) To secure; to obtain.

Synonyms

• (enter on a list): enscroll; see also Thesaurus:enlist

Translations

Noun

enlist (plural enlists)

1. One who is enlisted, usually in a military service.
   • 2006, USA International Business Publications, Taiwan National Security And Defense Law And Regulations Handbook

     […] 19.17% are enlisted officers (including cadets and midshipmen with BA degrees and associate degrees, officers Designated Military Occupational Specialty, the enlists converting into conscripts], officers from ROTCs) ; 0.31% are conscripted […]

Anagrams

• ELINTs, SILENT, Teslin, inlets, leints, listen, silent, tinsel

English

Alternative forms

• confœderacy

Etymology

Anglo-Norman confederacie, from Latin confoederatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?f?d???si/

Noun

confederacy (plural confederacies)

1. An alliance.
2. (politics) A state where the sovereign constituent units delegate their authority to the centre. As opposed to a federation, where the central and regional governments are each equal and sovereign in their own sphere.
3. Specifically, an instance of a decentralized governing structure among the indigenous peoples of North America.

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