band vs confederacy

confederacy vs band

band and confederacy both are nouns.

band is a verb but confederacy is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
band	Yes	No	Yes	No
confederacy	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, confederacy is a hyponym of band; that is, confederacy is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than band:

band: an unofficial association of people or groups
confederacy: a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose

Other hyponyms of band include car pool, camp, clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, cohort, conspiracy, Four Hundred, horsey set, horsy set, jet set, company, party.

band (noun)	confederacy (noun)
a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body)	a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act
an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material	a union of political organizations
a restraint put around something to hold it together	a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose
jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger
a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)
a thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else, typically to hold it together or as a decoration
a driving belt in machinery
a stripe or stripes of contrasting color
a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure
a range of frequencies between two limits
instrumentalists not including string players
an unofficial association of people or groups
a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing

band (verb)	confederacy (verb)
bind or tie together, as with a band
attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify

Difference between band and confederacy

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