different between treaty vs treatise

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 English tretys, from Anglo-Norman tretiz and Old French traitis (“treatise, account”), from traitier (“to deal with, treat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?i?t?s/, /?t?i?t?z/

Noun

treatise (plural treatises)

1. A formal, usually lengthy, systematic discourse on some subject.

   • “ […] We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps?? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic?? […]”

   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 232d.

     And if someone wants to know how to make objections to actual craftsmen themselves on the subject of art in general or any particular art, there are published treatises available, as you know.

Synonyms

• dissertation
• disquisition
• monograph
• treatment (informal explanation, usually in essay form)

Related terms

• treat
• treaty

Translations

Anagrams

• ariettes, iterates, teariest, testeria, treaties