Alliance vs. Ring — What's the Difference?

An alliance is a relationship among people, groups, or states that have joined together for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or not explicit agreement has been worked out among them. Members of an alliance are called allies.

A small circular band, typically of precious metal and often set with one or more gemstones, worn on a finger as an ornament or a token of marriage, engagement, or authority

A close association of nations or other groups, formed to advance common interests or causes

A ring-shaped or circular object

A formal agreement establishing such an association, especially an international treaty of friendship.

An enclosed space, surrounded by seating for spectators, in which a sport, performance, or show takes place

A connection based on kinship, marriage, or common interest; a bond or tie

A group of people engaged in a shared enterprise, especially one involving illegal or unscrupulous activity

A long-term association of two or more animals of the same species, in which members cooperate for a purpose such as gaining access to mates or defending territory.

A number of atoms bonded together to form a closed loop in a molecule

Close similarity in nature or type; affinity

A set of elements with two binary operations, addition and multiplication, the second being distributive over the first and associative.

The act of becoming allied or the condition of being allied

An act of ringing a bell, or the resonant sound caused by this

(uncountable) The state of being allied.

A particular quality conveyed by something heard or expressed

(countable) The act of allying or uniting.

Surround (someone or something), especially for protection or containment

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

Put an aluminium strip round the leg of (a bird) for subsequent identification

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

Fraudulently change the identity of (a motor vehicle), typically by changing its registration plate

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

Short for ringbark

(India) Marriage.

Make a clear resonant or vibrating sound

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

Call by telephone

The state of being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league; as, matrimonial alliances; an alliance between church and state; an alliance between France and England.

(of a place) resound or reverberate with (a sound or sounds)

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

A circular object, form, line, or arrangement.

The persons or parties allied.

A small circular band, generally made of precious metal and often set with jewels, worn on the finger.

To connect by alliance; to ally.

A circular band used for carrying, holding, or containing something

The state of being allied or confederated

Rings(Sports) A pair of circular metal bands suspended in the air for gymnastic exercises, on which balancing and swinging maneuvers are performed while holding the bands as motionless as possible.

A connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest;

A circular movement or course, as in dancing.

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

An enclosed, usually circular area in which exhibitions, sports, or contests take place

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

A rectangular arena set off by stakes and ropes in which boxing or wrestling events are held.

The act of forming an alliance or confederation

The sport of boxing.

An enclosed area in which bets are placed at a racetrack.

Bookmakers considered as a group.

An exclusive group of people acting privately or illegally to advance their own interests

A political contest; a race.

(Botany) An annual ring.

(Mathematics) The area between two concentric circles; annulus.

(Mathematics) A set of elements subject to the operations of addition and multiplication, in which the set is a commutative group under addition and associative under multiplication and in which the two operations are related by distributive laws.

Any of the turns constituting a spiral or helix.

(Chemistry) A group of atoms linked by bonds that may be represented graphically in polygonal form. Also called closed chain.

The sound created by a bell or another sonorous vibrating object.

A loud sound, especially one that is repeated or continued.

A telephone call

A suggestion of a particular quality

A set of bells.

The act or an instance of sounding a bell.

To surround with or as if with a ring; encircle

To form into a ring or rings.

To ornament or supply with a ring or rings

To remove a circular strip of bark around the circumference of (a tree trunk or branch); girdle.

To put a ring in the nose of (an animal).

To hem in (animals) by riding in a circle around them.

(Games) To toss a ring over (a peg), as in horseshoes.

To form a ring or rings.

To move, run, or fly in a spiral or circular course.

To give forth a clear resonant sound.

To cause something to ring.

To sound a bell in order to summon someone

To have a sound or character suggestive of a particular quality

To be filled with sound; resound

To hear a persistent humming or buzzing

To be filled with talk or rumor

To cause (a bell, for example) to ring.

To produce (a sound) by or as if by ringing.

To announce, proclaim, or signal by or as if by ringing

Chiefly British To call (someone) on the telephone. Often used with up

To test (a coin, for example) for quality by the sound it produces when struck against something.

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

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

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

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

(UK) A burner on a kitchen stove.

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

(historical) 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.

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

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

A circular group of people or objects.

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

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

A piece of food in the shape of a ring.

(internet) webring

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.

The open space in front of a racecourse stand, used for betting purposes.

An exclusive group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices. Category:en:Corruption

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

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

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

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

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

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

(cartomancy) The twenty-fifth Lenormand card.

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

(figuratively) A pleasant or correct sound.

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

(colloquial) A telephone call.

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

A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.

(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.

(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.

A family of sets that is closed under finite unions and differences.{{cite-book

(transitive) To enclose or surround.

To make an incision around; to girdle; to cut away a circular tract of bark from a tree in order to kill it.

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

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

(falconry) To rise in the air spirally.

(transitive) To steal and change the identity of (cars) in order to resell them.

To ride around (a group of animals, especially catle) to keep them milling in one place; hence intransitive, to work as a drover, to muster cattle.

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

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

(transitive) To produce (a sound) by ringing.

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

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

To telephone (someone).

(intransitive) to resound, reverberate, echo.

(intransitive) To produce music with bells.

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

To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell.

To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound.

To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.

To sound, as a bell or other sonorous body, particularly a metallic one.

To practice making music with bells.

To sound loud; to resound; to be filled with a ringing or reverberating sound.

To continue to sound or vibrate; to resound.

To be filled with report or talk; as, the whole town rings with his fame.

To surround with a ring, or as with a ring; to encircle.

To make a ring around by cutting away the bark; to girdle; as, to ring branches or roots.

To fit with a ring or with rings, as the fingers, or a swine's snout.

To rise in the air spirally.

A sound; especially, the sound of vibrating metals; as, the ring of a bell.

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

A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.

A circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of a circular line or hoop.

Specifically, a circular ornament of gold or other precious material worn on the finger, or attached to the ear, the nose, or some other part of the person; as, a wedding ring.

A circular area in which races are or run or other sports are performed; an arena.

An inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence, figuratively, prize fighting.

A circular group of persons.

The plane figure included between the circumferences of two concentric circles.

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.

An elastic band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns. See Illust. of Sporangium.

A clique; an exclusive combination of persons for a selfish purpose, as to control the market, distribute offices, obtain contracts, etc.

A characteristic sound;

A toroidal shape;

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

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

An association of criminals;

The sound of a bell ringing;

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

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

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

Sound loudly and sonorously;

Ring or echo with sound;

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

Be around;

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

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