different between treaty vs conference

English

Etymology

From Middle English trety, tretee, from Old French traitié, traieté, from Latin tractatus, from tracto.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t?i?ti/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /?t?i?ti/, /?t?i??ti/
• Rhymes: -i?ti

Noun

treaty (plural treaties)

1. (international law) A binding agreement concluded by subjects of international law, namely states and international organizations.

2. A formal agreement between two or more states.

See also

• protocol
• covenant
• convention
• exchange of letters
• exchange of note

Related terms

• tractate
• trait
• treat
• treatable
• treatment
• treatise

Translations

Further reading

• treaty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• treaty in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• treaty at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• attery, yatter

English

Etymology

From Middle French conférence, from Medieval Latin conferentia, from Latin conferens.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?n.f??ns/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?n.f?.??ns/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?n.f?.??ns/, [?k???.f??ns], [?k???.f?n?s]

Noun

conference (plural conferences)

1. The act of consulting together formally; serious conversation or discussion; interchange of views.
2. (politics) A multilateral diplomatic negotiation.
3. (sciences) A formal event where scientists present their research results in speeches, workshops, posters or by other means.
4. (business) An event organized by a for-profit or non-profit organization to discuss a pressing issue, such as a new product, market trend or government regulation, with a range of speakers.
5. (sports) A group of sports teams that play each other on a regular basis.
6. (Philippines, sports) A constituent tournament of a sports league in a given season.
7. (obsolete) The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison.
   • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie

     helps and furtherances which […] the mutual conference of all men's collections and observations may afford

8. (Methodist Church) A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters.
9. A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a district; the district in which such churches are.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• discussant, lecturer, parleyer, prelector, speaker.

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Verb

conference (third-person singular simple present conferences, present participle conferencing, simple past and past participle conferenced)

1. (transitive, intransitive, education) To assess (a student) by one-on-one conversation, rather than an examination.
   • 2009, Jennifer Berne, The Writing-Rich High School Classroom

     The students who were conferenced on paper 1 will get a written response to paper 2, and those who received a written response to paper 1 will be conferenced on paper 2.