Group
Group noun - A usually small number of persons considered as a unit.
Usage example: the next tour group was being seated for dinner
Union is a synonym for group in association topic. In some cases you can use "Union" instead a noun "Group".
Union
Union noun - An association of persons, parties, or states for mutual assistance and protection.
Usage example: in 1949 the U.S. and Canada joined their European allies in a transatlantic union to defend Western Europe from aggression by the Soviet Union
Group is a synonym for union in coalition topic. Sometimes you can use "Group" instead a noun "Union".
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- I'm also proud to say this is a union show, and I have never worked... [applause] ...I have never worked with a more professional group of people in my life.
Source: Series / The Tonight Show - The Alliance: The closest thing to The Union, it was (backstory) formed by a group of people that wanted nothing to do with the Federation or the Empire.
Source: Video Game / Pardus - Cyteen, the capital of the Union, was originally colonized by a group of scientists and engineers fleeing increasingly oppressive Earth.
Source: Literature / Alliance/Union
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