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commonwealth vs British Commonwealth

British Commonwealth vs commonwealth

commonwealth and British Commonwealth both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
commonwealth Yes No No No
British Commonwealth Yes No No No
As nouns, British Commonwealth is a hyponym of commonwealth; that is, British Commonwealth is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than commonwealth:
  • commonwealth: a world organization of autonomous states that are united in allegiance to a central power but are not subordinate to it or to one another
  • British Commonwealth: an association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and several former British colonies that are now sovereign states but still pay allegiance to the British Crown
Other hyponyms of commonwealth include Commonwealth of Nations.
commonwealth (noun) British Commonwealth (noun)
a politically organized body of people under a single government an association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and several former British colonies that are now sovereign states but still pay allegiance to the British Crown
a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
a world organization of autonomous states that are united in allegiance to a central power but are not subordinate to it or to one another
the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico)
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