detachment vs party

detachment

noun
  • The separation of a military unit from the main body for a particular purpose or special mission. 

  • A permanent unit organized for special duties. 

  • Indifference to the concerns of others; disregard; nonchalance; aloofness. 

  • The state of being detached or disconnected; insulation. 

  • The unit so dispatched. 

  • The action of detaching; separation. 

  • Absence of bias; impartiality; objectivity. 

  • Any smaller portion of a main body separately employed. 

party

noun
  • A discrete detachment of troops, especially for a particular purpose. 

  • A group of people traveling or attending an event together, or participating in the same activity. 

  • A group of persons collected or gathered together for some particular purpose. 

  • A political group considered as a formal whole, united under one specific political platform of issues and campaigning to take part in government. 

  • With to: an accessory, someone who takes part. 

  • A person or group of people constituting a particular side in a contract or legal action. 

  • A gathering of acquaintances so that one of them may offer items for sale to the rest of them. 

  • A gathering of usually invited guests for entertainment, fun and socializing. 

  • A small group of birds or mammals. 

verb
  • To form a party (with). 

  • To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself. 

  • To take recreational drugs. 

  • To engage in flings, to have one-night stands, to sow one's wild oats. 

adj
  • Of a fence or wall: shared by two properties and serving to divide them. 

  • Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries. 

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