department vs flagship

department

noun
  • A specified aspect or quality. 

  • One of the divisions of instructions 

  • A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts into which the country is divided for governmental purposes, similar to a county in the UK and in the USA. France is composed of 101 départements organized in 18 régions, each department is divided into arrondissements, in turn divided into cantons. 

  • A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like. 

  • A military subdivision of a country 

  • A part, portion, or subdivision. 

  • One of the principal divisions of executive government 

flagship

noun
  • The most important one out of a related group. 

  • The ship occupied by the fleet's commander (usually an admiral); it denotes this by flying his flag. 

  • The ship regarded as most important out of a group, e.g. a nation's navy or company's fleet. 

verb
  • To act as a flagship for. 

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