companionship vs society what difference
what is difference between companionship and society
English
Etymology
From companion + -ship
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəmˈpænjənʃɪp/
- Hyphenation: com‧pan‧ion‧ship
Noun
companionship (countable and uncountable, plural companionships)
- The state of having or being a companion.
- (archaic) An association, a fellowship.
- a companionship of printers
- The state of being a journeyman.
- An organized group of people.
Translations
References
- companionship in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
English
Alternative forms
- soc. (abbreviation)
Etymology
1530s; borrowed from Middle French societé, from Old French societé, from Latin societās, societātem (“fellowship, association, alliance, union, community”), from socius (“associated, allied; partner, companion, ally”), from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷ-yo- (“companion”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /səˈsaɪ.ə.ti/
Noun
society (countable and uncountable, plural societies)
- (countable) A long-standing group of people sharing cultural aspects such as language, dress, norms of behavior and artistic forms.
- (countable) A group of people who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest; an association or organization.
- At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors. […] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
- (countable) The sum total of all voluntary interrelations between individuals.
- (uncountable) The people of one’s country or community taken as a whole.
- (uncountable) High society.
- (countable, law) A number of people joined by mutual consent to deliberate, determine and act toward a common goal.
Derived terms
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References
Further reading
- “society” in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 291.
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