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Union vs. Onion — What's the Difference?

Union vs. Onion — What's the Difference?

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Union

The act of uniting or the state of being united.

Onion

The onion (Allium cepa L., from Latin cepa "onion"), also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is a vegetable that is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium. The shallot is a botanical variety of the onion.

Union

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

Onion

A bulbous plant (Allium cepa) cultivated worldwide as a vegetable.

Union

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

The rounded edible bulb of this plant, composed of fleshy, tight, concentric leaf bases having a pungent odor and taste.

Union

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

Onion

Any of several other plants in the genus Allium.

Union

The state of matrimony; marriage
"The element that was to make possible such a union was trust in each other's love" (Kate Chopin).

Onion

A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.

Union

Sexual intercourse.

Onion

The bulb of such a plant.

Union

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

Onion

(uncountable) The genus Allium as a whole.

Union

A workhouse maintained by such a union.

Onion

An ounce.

Union

A labor union.

Onion

A ball.

Union

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

Onion

A watch-seal.

Union

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.

Onion

A liliaceous plant of the genus Allium (Allium cepa), having a strong-flavored bulb and long hollow leaves; also, its bulbous root, much used as an article of food. The name is often extended to other species of the genus.

Union

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

Onion

The flavor of an onion{1}.

Union

A building housing such facilities.

Onion

Edible bulb of an onion plant

Union

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

Onion

Bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb

Union

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

Onion

An aromatic flavorful bulb

Union

Of or relating to a labor union or labor union organizing
The union movement.
Union negotiations.

Union

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

Union

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

Union

(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.

Union

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

Union

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

Union

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

Union

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

Union

(countable) The act or state of marriage.

Union

Sexual intercourse.

Union

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

Union

A large, high-quality pearl.

Union

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

Union

To combine sets using the union operation.

Union

Belonging to, represented by, or otherwise pertaining to a labour union.
Actors have to be union to get work here.

Union

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

Union

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

Union

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.

Union

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

Union

A large, fine pearl.
If they [pearls] be white, great, round, smooth, and weighty . . . our dainties and delicates here at Rome . . . call them unions, as a man would say "singular," and by themselves alone.
In the cup an union shall he throw,Richer than that which four successive kingsIn Denmark's crown have worn.

Union

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.

Union

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.

Union

A cask suspended on trunnions, in which fermentation is carried on.
One kingdom, joy, and union without end.
[Man] is to . . . begetLike of his like, his image multiplied.In unity defective; which requiresCollateral love, and dearest amity.

Union

An organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer;
You have to join the union in order to get a job

Union

The United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War);
He has visited every state in the Union
Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union
The North's superior resources turned the scale

Union

The act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes;
The casual couplings of adolescents
The mating of some species occurs only in the spring

Union

The state of being joined or united or linked;
There is strength in union

Union

The state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce);
A long and happy marriage
God bless this union

Union

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

Union

A political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations;
The Soviet Union

Union

A set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets;
Let C be the union of the sets A and B

Union

The occurrence of a uniting of separate parts;
Lightning produced an unusual union of the metals

Union

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

Union

The act of making or becoming a single unit;
The union of opposing factions
He looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays

Union

Being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the Civil War;
Union soldiers
Federal forces
A Federal infantryman

Union

Of trade unions;
The union movement
Union negotiations
A union-shop clause in the contract

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