Alliance vs. Ring

Alliance vs. Ring — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Alliance and Ring

Alliancenoun

(uncountable) The state of being allied.

matrimonial alliances; an alliance between church and state, or between two countries

Ringnoun

(physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle.

Alliancenoun

(countable) The act of allying or uniting.

Ringnoun

A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc.

Alliancenoun

(countable) A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league.

Ringnoun

A round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger or through the ear, nose, etc.

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Alliancenoun

(countable) Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.

Ringnoun

(British) A bird band, a round piece of metal put around a bird's leg used for identification and studies of migration.

Alliancenoun

(with the definite article) The persons or parties allied.

Ringnoun

(UK) A burner on a kitchen stove.

Allianceverb

(obsolete) To connect or unite by alliance; to ally.

Ringnoun

In a jack plug, the connector between the tip and the sleeve.

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Alliancenoun

the state of being allied or confederated

Ringnoun

An instrument, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the graduated inner surface opposite.

Alliancenoun

a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest;

the shifting alliances within a large familytheir friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them

Ringnoun

(botany) A flexible band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns.

Alliancenoun

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

Ringnoun

(physical) A group of objects arranged in a circle.

Alliancenoun

a formal agreement establishing an association or alliance between nations or other groups to achieve a particular aim

Ringnoun

A circular group of people or objects.

a ring of mushrooms growing in the wood

Alliancenoun

the act of forming an alliance or confederation

Ringnoun

(astronomy) A formation of various pieces of material orbiting around a planet.

Ringnoun

(British) A large circular prehistoric stone construction such as Stonehenge.

Ringnoun

A piece of food in the shape of a ring.

onion rings

Ringnoun

A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a boxing ring or a circus ring; hence the field of a political contest.

Ringnoun

An exclusive group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices.

a crime ring; a prostitution ring; a bidding ring (at an auction sale)

Ringnoun

(chemistry) A group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain in a molecule.

a benzene ring

Ringnoun

(geometry) A planar geometrical figure included between two concentric circles.

Ringnoun

(typography) A diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle placed above or under the letter; a kroužek.

Ringnoun

(historical) An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter.

Ringnoun

(computing theory) A hierarchical level of privilege in a computer system, usually at hardware level, used to protect data and functionality (also protection ring).

Ringnoun

(firearms) Either of the pair of clamps used to hold a telescopic sight to a rifle.

Ringnoun

(cartomancy) The twenty-fifth Lenormand card.

Ringnoun

The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it.

The church bell's ring could be heard the length of the valley.The ring of hammer on anvil filled the air.

Ringnoun

(figuratively) A pleasant or correct sound.

The name has a nice ring to it.

Ringnoun

(figuratively) A sound or appearance that is characteristic of something.

Her statements in court had a ring of falsehood.

Ringnoun

(colloquial) A telephone call.

I’ll give you a ring when the plane lands.

Ringnoun

Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated.

Ringnoun

A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.

St Mary's has a ring of eight bells.

Ringnoun

(algebra) An algebraic structure which consists of a set with two binary operations: an additive operation and a multiplicative operation, such that the set is an abelian group under the additive operation, a monoid under the multiplicative operation, and such that the multiplicative operation is distributive with respect to the additive operation.

The set of integers, \mathbb{Z}, is the prototypical ring.

Ringnoun

(algebra) An algebraic structure as above, but only required to be a semigroup under the multiplicative operation, that is, there need not be a multiplicative identity element.

The definition of ring without unity allows, for instance, the set 2\mathbb{Z} of even integers to be a ring.

Ringverb

(transitive) To enclose or surround.

The inner city was ringed with dingy industrial areas.

Ringverb

To make an incision around; to girdle.

They ringed the trees to make the clearing easier next year.

Ringverb

(transitive) To attach a ring to, especially for identification.

We managed to ring 22 birds this morning.

Ringverb

(transitive) To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring.

to ring a pig’s snout

Ringverb

(falconry) To rise in the air spirally.

Ringverb

(intransitive) Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.

The bells were ringing in the town.

Ringverb

(transitive) To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound.

The deliveryman rang the doorbell to drop off a parcel.

Ringverb

To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.

Whose mobile phone is ringing?

Ringverb

Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.

That does not ring true.

Ringverb

To telephone (someone).

I will ring you when we arrive.

Ringverb

(intransitive) to resound, reverberate, echo.

Ringverb

(intransitive) To produce music with bells.

Ringverb

(dated) To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.

Ringnoun

a characteristic sound;

it has the ring of sincerity

Ringnoun

a toroidal shape;

a ring of ships in the harbora halo of smoke

Ringnoun

a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling;

there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse

Ringnoun

(chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop

Ringnoun

an association of criminals;

police tried to break up the ganga pack of thieves

Ringnoun

the sound of a bell ringing;

the distinctive ring of the church bellthe ringing of the telephonethe tintinnabulation that so volumnously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells

Ringnoun

a square platform marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle

Ringnoun

jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger;

she had rings on every fingerhe noted that she wore a wedding band

Ringnoun

a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)

Ringverb

sound loudly and sonorously;

the bells rang

Ringverb

ring or echo with sound;

the hall resounded with laughter

Ringverb

make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification;

Ring the bellsMy uncle rings every Sunday at the local church

Ringverb

be around;

Developments surround the townThe river encircles the village

Ringverb

get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone;

I tried to call you all nightTake two aspirin and call me in the morning

Ringverb

attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify;

ring birdsband the geese to observe their migratory patterns