Empire vs. Alliance

Empirenoun

A political unit having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations and ruled by a single supreme authority.

Alliancenoun

(uncountable) The state of being allied.

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

Empirenoun

A political unit that controls at least one kingdom under its vassalage.

Alliancenoun

(countable) The act of allying or uniting.

Empirenoun

A group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to a foreign power.

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.

Empirenoun

A state ruled by an emperor.

‘The Empire of Vietnam was a short-lived client state of Japan governing Vietnam between March 11 and August 23, 1945.’;

Alliancenoun

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

Empirenoun

An expansive and wealthy corporation.

‘the McDonald's fast food empire’;

Alliancenoun

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

Empireadjective

alternative case form of Empire.

Allianceverb

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

Empirenoun

Supreme power; sovereignty; sway; dominion.

‘Over hell extendHis empire, and with iron scepter rule.’;

Alliancenoun

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.

Empirenoun

The dominion of an emperor; the territory or countries under the jurisdiction and dominion of an emperor (rarely of a king), usually of greater extent than a kingdom, always comprising a variety in the nationality of, or the forms of administration in, constituent and subordinate portions; as, the Austrian empire.

‘Empire carries with it the idea of a vast and complicated government.’;

Alliancenoun

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

‘The alliance of the principles of the world with those of the gospel.’; ‘The alliance . . . between logic and metaphysics.’;

Empirenoun

Any dominion; supreme control; governing influence; rule; sway; as, the empire of mind or of reason.

‘Another force which, in the Middle Ages, shared with chivalry the empire over the minds of men.’;

Alliancenoun

The persons or parties allied.

Empirenoun

the domain ruled by an emperor or empress

Allianceverb

To connect by alliance; to ally.

Empirenoun

a group of countries under a single authority;

‘the British empire’;

Alliancenoun

the state of being allied or confederated

Empirenoun

a monarchy with an emperor as head of state

Alliancenoun

a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest;

‘the shifting alliances within a large family’; ‘their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them’;

Empirenoun

a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization

Alliancenoun

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

Empirenoun

an eating apple that somewhat resembles a McIntosh; used as both an eating and a cooking apple

Alliancenoun

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

Empirenoun

an extensive group of states or countries ruled over by a single monarch, an oligarchy, or a sovereign state

‘the Roman Empire’;

Alliancenoun

the act of forming an alliance or confederation

Empirenoun

supreme political power over several countries when exercised by a single authority

‘he encouraged the Greeks in their dream of empire in Asia Minor’;

Alliance

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.

Empirenoun

absolute control over a person or group.

Empirenoun

a large commercial organization owned or controlled by one person or group

‘her business empire grew’;

Empirenoun

an extensive sphere of activity controlled by one person or group

‘each ministry, each department had its own empire, its own agenda and worked to protect its turf’;

Empireadjective

denoting a style of furniture, decoration, or dress fashionable chiefly during the First Empire in France. The decorative style was neoclassical but marked by an interest in Egyptian and other ancient motifs.

Empireadjective

denoting produce from the Commonwealth.

Empire

An empire is a sovereign state made up of several territories and peoples subject to a single ruling authority, often an emperor. A state can become an empire either by a narrow definition through having an emperor and being named as such, or by a broad definition as stated above as an aggregate territory under the rule of supreme authorities such as the Roman Empire.