committee vs blue ribbon commission

blue ribbon commission vs committee

committee and blue ribbon commission both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
committee	Yes	No	No	No
blue ribbon commission	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, blue ribbon commission is a hyponym of committee; that is, blue ribbon commission is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than committee:

committee: a special group delegated to consider some matter
blue ribbon commission: an independent and exclusive commission of nonpartisan statesmen and experts formed to investigate some important governmental issue

Other hyponyms of committee include Economic and Social Council commission, ECOSOC commission, blue ribbon committee, board, election commission, fairness commission, planning commission, conservancy, select committee, subcommittee, standing committee, steering committee, ethics committee, ethics panel, finance committee, politburo, PAC, political action committee, praesidium, presidium, zoning commission, jury, panel, vestry, national committee.

committee (noun)	blue ribbon commission (noun)
a special group delegated to consider some matter	an independent and exclusive commission of nonpartisan statesmen and experts formed to investigate some important governmental issue
a self-constituted organization to promote something

Difference between committee and blue ribbon commission

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