Federation vs. Union

The act of federating, especially a joining together of states into a league or federal union.

The act of uniting or the state of being united.

A league or association formed by federating, especially a government or political body established through federal union.

A combination so formed, especially an alliance or confederation of people, parties, or political entities for mutual interest or benefit.

Act of joining together into a single political entity.

(Mathematics) A set, every member of which is an element of one or another of two or more given sets.

Array of nations or states that are unified under one central authority which is elected by its members.

Agreement or harmony resulting from the uniting of individuals; concord.

Any society or organisation formed from separate groups or bodies.

The state of matrimony; marriage

A collection of network or telecommunication providers that offer interoperability.

Sexual intercourse.

(Australia) Of an architectural style popular around the time of federation.

A combination of parishes for joint administration of relief for the poor in Great Britain.

The act of uniting in a league; confederation.

A workhouse maintained by such a union.

A league; a confederacy; a federal or confederated government.

A labor union.

An organization formed by merging several groups or parties

A coupling device for connecting parts, such as pipes or rods.

A union of political organizations

A device on a flag or ensign, occupying the upper inner corner or the entire field, that signifies the union of two or more sovereignties.

The act of constituting a political unity out of a number of separate states or colonies or provinces so that each member retains the management of its internal affairs

An organization at a college or university that provides facilities for recreation; a student union.

A building housing such facilities.

Union The United States of America regarded as a national unit, especially during the Civil War.

Union Of, relating to, or loyal to the United States of America during the Civil War

Of or relating to a labor union or labor union organizing

(countable) The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.

(countable) The state of being united or joined; a state of unity or harmony.

(countable) That which is united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league.

(countable) A trade union; a workers' union.

(countable) An association of students at a university for social and/or political purposes; also in some cases a debating body.

(countable) A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes.

The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.

(countable) The act or state of marriage.

Sexual intercourse.

A data structure that can store any of various types of item, but only one at a time.

A large, high-quality pearl.

(historical) An affiliation of several parishes for joint support and management of their poor; also the jointly-owned workhouse.

To combine sets using the union operation.

Belonging to, represented by, or otherwise pertaining to a labour union.

The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one, or the state of being united or joined; junction; coalition; combination.

Agreement and conjunction of mind, spirit, will, affections, or the like; harmony; concord.

That which is united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league; as, the weavers have formed a union; trades unions have become very numerous; the United States of America are often called the Union.

A textile fabric composed of two or more materials, as cotton, silk, wool, etc., woven together.

A large, fine pearl.

A device emblematic of union, used on a national flag or ensign, sometimes, as in the military standard of Great Britain, covering the whole field; sometimes, as in the flag of the United States, and the English naval and marine flag, occupying the upper inner corner, the rest of the flag being called the fly. Also, a flag having such a device; especially, the flag of Great Britain.

A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, or the like, as the elastic pipe of a tender connecting it with the feed pipe of a locomotive engine; especially, a pipe fitting for connecting pipes, or pipes and fittings, in such a way as to facilitate disconnection.

A cask suspended on trunnions, in which fermentation is carried on.

An organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer;

The United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War);

The act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes;

The state of being joined or united or linked;

The state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce);

Healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones

A political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations;

A set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets;

The occurrence of a uniting of separate parts;

A device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)

The act of making or becoming a single unit;

Being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the Civil War;

Of trade unions;