different between faction vs junto

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fæk.??n/, /?fæk.?n?/
• Rhymes: -æk??n

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French faction, from Latin facti? (“a group of people acting together, a political faction”), noun of process from perfect passive participle factus, from faci? (“do, make”). Doublet of fashion.

Noun

faction (countable and uncountable, plural factions)

1. (countable) A group of people, especially within a political organization, which expresses a shared belief or opinion different from people who are not part of the group.
2. (uncountable) Strife; discord.
   • 1805, Johann Georg Cleminius, Englisches Lesebuch für Kaufleute, pg. 188:

     Publick [sic] affairs soon fell into the utmost confusion, and in this state of faction and perplexity, the island continued, until its re-capture by the French in 1779.

   • 2001, Odd Magne Bakke, "Concord and Peace": A Rhetorical Analysis of the First Letter of Clement With an Emphasis on the Language of Unity and Sedition, publ. Mohr Siebeck, ?ISBN, pg. 89:

     He asks the audience if they believe that they will be more loved by the gods if the city is in a state of faction than if they govern the city with good order and concord.

Derived terms

• factional
• factionalize

Related terms

Translations

See also

• splinter group

Etymology 2

Blend of fact +? fiction.

Noun

faction (uncountable)

1. A form of literature, film etc., that treats real people or events as if they were fiction; a mix of fact and fiction

Derived terms

• science faction

Related terms

• fact
• fiction

See also

• Non-fiction novel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin facti?, facti?nem. Compare façon, which is inherited rather than borrowed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fak.sj??/

Noun

faction f (plural factions)

1. act of keeping watch
2. a watchman
3. (politics) a faction; specifically one which causes trouble

Further reading

• “faction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Erroneous adaptation of junta, by assimilation with Spanish nouns in -o.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d??n.t??/, /?d??n.t??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d??n.to?/

Noun

junto (plural juntos or juntoes)

1. A group of men assembled for some common purpose; a club, or cabal.
   • 1844, Edgar Allan Poe, ‘The Premature Burial’:

     I was seized and shaken without ceremony, for several minutes, by a junto of very rough-looking individuals.

Anagrams

• Jotun, Jötun, Tounj, jotun, jötun

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /???.tu/
• Hyphenation: jun?to

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese junto, from Latin i?nctus.

Adjective

junto m (feminine singular junta, masculine plural juntos, feminine plural juntas, not comparable)

1. together

Alternative forms

• j?to (obsolete, abbreviation)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:junto.

Derived terms

• juntamente

Related terms

• juntar

Adverb

junto (not comparable)

1. together (at the same time, in the same place)

   Synonym: juntamente

2. near, next

   Synonyms: ao pé, ao lado, à beira, perto

Alternative forms

• j?to (obsolete, abbreviation)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:junto.

Derived terms

• junto com

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

junto

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of juntar

Further reading

• “junto” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?xunto/, [?x?n?.t?o]

Etymology 1

From Latin i?nctus (“joined, united”).

Adjective

junto (feminine junta, masculine plural juntos, feminine plural juntas)

1. together
2. joined
3. next to

Adverb

junto

1. together

2. (all) together, (in) total

Preposition

junto

1. next to, together with, alongside (+ a)

2. along with, together with, alongside (+ con)
3. in conjunction with (+ con)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

junto

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of juntar.

Further reading

• “junto” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.