union vs confederacy

confederacy vs union

union and confederacy both are nouns.

union is an adjective but confederacy is not an adjective.

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

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

union: a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations
confederacy: a union of political organizations

Other hyponyms of union include confederation, federation, enosis, league, customs union.

union (noun)	confederacy (noun)
the act of making or becoming a single unit	a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act
the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes	a union of political organizations
a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)	a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose
the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts
an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations
a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets
healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones
the state of being joined or united or linked
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)

union (adjective)	confederacy (adjective)
of trade unions

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