Amalgamation vs Coalition - What's the difference?
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The process of amalgamating; a mixture, merger or consolidation.
The result of amalgamating; a mixture or alloy.
# (specifically) The production of an alloy of mercury and another metal.
(obsolete) The intermarriage and interbreeding of different ethnicities or races.
A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.
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As nouns the difference between amalgamation and coalition
is that amalgamation is the process of amalgamating; a mixture, merger or consolidation while coalition is a temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.amalgamation
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(en noun)- The Liberal Democrats and Conservative parties formed a coalition government in 2010.
British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):
- At a time when Mr. Cameron is being squeezed from both sides — from the right by members of his own party and by the anti-immigrant, anti-Europe U.K. Independence Party, and from the left by his Liberal Democrat coalition partners — the move seemed uncharacteristically clunky.