faction vs squad

faction

noun
  • Strife; discord. 

  • A group of people, especially within a political organization, which expresses a shared belief or opinion different from people who are not part of the group. 

  • The facts found in fiction. 

  • A form of literature, film etc., that treats real people or events as if they were fiction; a mix of fact and fiction. 

squad

noun
  • One's friend group, taken collectively; one's peeps. 

  • Sloppy mud. 

  • A unit of tactical military personnel, or of police officers, usually of about ten members. 

  • A group of potential players from whom a starting team and substitutes are chosen. 

  • A collective noun for a group of squid. 

verb
  • To act as part of, or on behalf of, a squad. 

How often have the words faction and squad occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )