different between partnership vs consolidation

English

Etymology

From partner +? -ship.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??tn???p/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p??tn???p/

Noun

partnership (countable and uncountable, plural partnerships)

1. The state of being associated with a partner.
2. An association of two or more people to conduct a business,
3. (cricket) The period when two specific batsmen are batting, from the fall of one wicket until the fall of the next; the number of runs scored during this period,

Derived terms

• limited partnership
• public-private partnership

Translations

Anagrams

• transhipper

English

Etymology

From Latin c?nsolid?ti?, c?nsolid?ti?nem, from c?nsolid?.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

consolidation (countable and uncountable, plural consolidations)

1. The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated

   Synonyms: solidification, combination

2. The combination of several actions into one.
3. (medicine) A solidification into a firm dense mass. It is usually applied to induration (swelling or hardening of normally soft tissue) of a normally aerated lung.

Coordinate terms

• (The act of uniting by combination): defragmentation

Translations

French

Pronunciation

Noun

consolidation f (plural consolidations)

1. consolidation
2. strengthening, reinforcement

Related terms

• consolider

Further reading

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