Thing vs senate

Thing

noun
  • Nickname or appellative for numerous "things", including fictional characters. 

  • A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country. 

  • Nickname for the Volkswagen 181. 

senate

noun
  • In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber. 

  • A group of experienced, respected, wise individuals serving as decision makers or advisors in a political system or in institutional governance, as in a university, and traditionally of advanced age and male. 

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