different between presidential vs parliamentary

English

Etymology

From president +? -ial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??z??d?n?(?)l/
• Hyphenation: pres?i?den?tial

Adjective

presidential (comparative more presidential, superlative most presidential)

1. Pertaining to a president or presidency. [from 17th c.]
2. (obsolete) Presiding or watching over. [17th-19th c.]
3. With the bearing or composure that befits a president; stately, dignified. [from 19th c.]
   • 2016, Stewart Lee, The Guardian, 20 November:

     I feel my age and supposed status mean I am permanently required to be in presidential mode. And I mean this in the old sense of “presidential”, meaning magnanimous, patient and generous, rather than in the modern sense of presidential, meaning being a corrupt, pussy-grabbing racist.

Derived terms

Translations

English

Etymology

parliament +? -ary

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??l??m?nt(?)?i/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p??l??m?nt??i/
• Rhymes: -?nt??i

Adjective

parliamentary (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, or enacted by a parliament

   Parliamentary procedures are sometimes slow.

2. Having the supreme executive and legislative power resting with a cabinet of ministers chosen from, and responsible to a parliament.

   Britain is a parliamentary democracy.

3. (Britain, historical, railways) Of a class of train which, by an act of parliament, ran both ways along a line, at least once each day, at the rate of one penny per mile.

Derived terms

• parliamentary train

Translations

Noun

parliamentary (plural parliamentaries)

1. (Britain, historical) A parliamentary train.