committee vs political action committee

political action committee vs committee

committee and political action committee both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
committee	Yes	No	No	No
political action committee	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, political action committee is a hyponym of committee; that is, political action committee is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than committee:

committee: a special group delegated to consider some matter
political action committee: committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates

Other hyponyms of committee include Economic and Social Council commission, ECOSOC commission, blue ribbon 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, praesidium, presidium, zoning commission, jury, panel, vestry, national committee.

committee (noun)	political action committee (noun)
a special group delegated to consider some matter	committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates
a self-constituted organization to promote something

Difference between committee and political action committee

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