different between faction vs vendetta

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

Borrowed from Italian vendetta (“revenge”), from Latin vindicta. See vindicate, avenge.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /v?n?d?t?/, [v?n?d???], [v?n?d???]
• Rhymes: -?t?

Noun

vendetta (plural vendettas)

1. A bitter, destructive feud, normally between two families, clans, or factions, in which each injury or slaying is revenged: a blood feud.
2. (often preceded by personal) A motivational grudge against a person or faction, which may or may not be reciprocated; the state of having it in for someone.

Derived terms

• vendettist

Translations

Corsican

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?n?d?t?a/
• Hyphenation: ven?det?ta

Noun

vendetta f (plural vendette)

1. Alternative form of vindetta

References

• “vindetta, vendetta” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

French

Alternative forms

• vendette (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vendetta, from Latin vindicta. Doublet of vindicte, borrowed from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??.d?.ta/, /v??.de.ta/

Noun

vendetta f (plural vendettas)

1. vendetta

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

From Latin vindicta (“vengeance”), from vindico (“to claim, to vindicate”), from vindex (“defender”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ven?det.ta/
• Hyphenation: ven?dét?ta

Noun

vendetta f (plural vendette)

1. revenge, vengeance

Derived terms

• la vendetta è un piatto che va servito freddo

Related terms

• vendicarsi
• vendicatore
• vendicativo

See also

• faida
• ripicca

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vendetta (“revenge”), from Latin vindicta. Doublet of vindicta, borrowed from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ben?dedda/, [b?n??d?eð?.ð?a]

Noun

vendetta f (plural vendettas)

1. revenge, vengeance