Department of the federal government and Government department

Department of the federal government noun - A department of the federal government of the United States.

Government department and department of the federal government are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Government department" instead a noun phrase "Department of the federal government".

Government department noun - A department of government.

Department of the federal government and government department are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Department of the federal government" with "Government department", this phrases are similar.