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Old 16-Nov-2003, 07:16
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Alliance, alighment, federation and ally----what are the differences?

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Old 16-Nov-2003, 15:50
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Alliance, alighment, federation and ally----what are the differences?

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Alliance - an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty

Alignment - how parts in a machine is aligned... also I guess you can thalk about the diffent parties alignments in politics

Federation - an organization formed by merging several groups or parties

Ally - to form an alliance, or another party or country you're allied with.
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Old 16-Nov-2003, 21:09
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A federation is more stable and more permament than an alliance, which can be quite temporary. Alignment can be used as a synonym for alliance. An ally is a member of an alliance. (It is not a synonym to the others.

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