Maffia vs syndicate

syndicate vs Maffia

Maffia and syndicate both are nouns.

Maffia is not a verb while syndicate is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Maffia	Yes	No	No	No
syndicate	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, syndicate is a hypernym of Maffia; that is, syndicate is a word with a broader meaning than Maffia:

Maffia: a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia
syndicate: a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities

Other hypernyms of Maffia include crime syndicate, family, mob.

Maffia (noun)	syndicate (noun)
a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia	an association of companies for some definite purpose
a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century	a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
	a news agency that sells features or articles or photographs etc. to newspapers for simultaneous publication

Maffia (verb)	syndicate (verb)
	sell articles, television programs, or photos to several publications or independent broadcasting stations
	organize into or form a syndicate
	join together into a syndicate

Difference between Maffia and syndicate

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