Difference between faction and splinter
Definitions
noun
- a dissenting clique
- a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue
Examples
They have recognized that their business depends on world of mouth, and that world of mouth is based on customer satisfaction.
The normal human desire to rid one's self of a tormenting secret, to "exteriorize one's rottenness," finds satisfaction on an exalted plane in confession to God, or to his appointed ministers.
She wasted a great part of the royal treasury for her benefactions!
Definitions
noun
- a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal
verb
- break up into splinters or slivers
- withdraw from an organization or communion
- divide into slivers or splinters
Examples
The large bone of the upper arm was splintered to the elbow joint, and the wound bled freely.
Armed with splinters of steel, two ant-sized men dare the formidable mysteries of a termitary.
But the splinter of the self that consistently emerges as the common enemy of the true and the good alike is the will, always seeking to overleap its own bounds.
