different between guild vs conspiracy

English

Alternative forms

• gild

Etymology

From Middle English gilde, from Old Norse gildi (“payment, guild”). Related to geld, yield, yauld.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ld/
• Rhymes: -?ld
• Homophones: gild, gilled

Noun

guild (plural guilds)

1. A group or association mainly of tradespeople made up of merchants, craftspeople, or artisans for mutual aid, particularly in the Middle Ages.
2. A corporation.
3. (ecology) A group of diverse species that share common characteristics or habits.
4. (video games) An organized group of players who regularly play together in a multiplayer game.

Synonyms

• (medieval professional associations): Hanse (merchants)
• (modern professional associations): trade union, union, professional association

Translations

See also

• (meeting place): guild hall, guildhall, guildsman, guildswoman, common house, common hall

References

• The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, 2000, Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009
• Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, HarperCollins Publishers, 2003

English

Etymology

From Middle English conspiracie, from Anglo-Norman conspiracie, from Latin c?nsp?r?ti?. Doublet of conspiration.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?sp???si/

Noun

conspiracy (countable and uncountable, plural conspiracies)

1. The act of two or more persons, called conspirators, working secretly to obtain some goal, usually understood with negative connotations.
2. (law) An agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future.
3. A group of ravens.
4. A group of lemurs.
5. (linguistics) A situation in which different phonological or grammatical rules lead to similar or related outcomes.
6. (by ellipsis) A conspiracy theory; a hypothesis alleging conspiracy.
   • 2008, Edward Snajdr, Nature Protests: The End of Ecology in Slovakia, University of Washington Press, ?ISBN, page 176:

     Rather than propagating conspiracies about the evils of wealthy Jewry, they beat up poor Roma in back alleys.

   • 2018, Rita Santos, The Deep State, Greenhaven Publishing, ?ISBN, page 99:

     The internet helps spread conspiracies, but it can also be used to verify claims made by politicians and the media.

Derived terms

• conspiracy of silence
• conspiracy theory

Related terms

Translations

Verb

conspiracy (third-person singular simple present conspiracies, present participle conspiracying, simple past and past participle conspiracied)

1. (rare, proscribed) To conspire.