council vs works council

works council vs council

council and works council both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
council	Yes	No	No	No
works council	Yes	No	No	No

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

council: a body serving in an administrative capacity
works council: (chiefly Brit) a council representing employer and employees of a plant or business to discuss working conditions etc; also: a committee representing the workers elected to negotiate with management about grievances and wages etc

Other hyponyms of council include Sanhedrin, SC, Security Council, TC, Trusteeship Council, Economic and Social Council, ECOSOC, NAC, North Atlantic Council, city council, executive council, panchayat, panchayet, punchayet, privy council, soviet, world council, definitors.

council (noun)	works council (noun)
a meeting of people for consultation	(chiefly Brit) a council representing employer and employees of a plant or business to discuss working conditions etc; also: a committee representing the workers elected to negotiate with management about grievances and wages etc
a body serving in an administrative capacity
(Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine

Difference between council and works council

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