Subcommittee vs. Committee — What's the Difference?
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Difference Between Subcommittee and Committee
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Definitions
Subcommittee
A subordinate committee composed of members appointed from a main committee.
Committee
A committee or commission is a body of one or more persons subordinate to an assembly. A committee is not itself considered to be a form of assembly.
Subcommittee
A committee formed by an existing committee, comprising a subset of its members.
Committee
A group of people appointed for a specific function by a larger group and typically consisting of members of that group
A committee meeting
The housing committee
Subcommittee
An under committee; a part or division of a committee.
Yet by their sequestrators and subcommittees abroad . . . those orders were commonly disobeyed.
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Committee
A person entrusted with the charge of another person or another person's property.
Subcommittee
A subset of committee members organized for a specific purpose
Committee
A group of people officially delegated to perform a function, such as investigating, considering, reporting, or acting on a matter. See Usage Note at collective noun.
Committee
(Archaic) A person to whom a trust or charge is committed.
Committee
A body of one or more persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols.
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Committee
(archaic) A guardian; someone in charge of another person deemed to be unable to look after themself.
Committee
One or more persons elected or appointed, to whom any matter or business is referred, either by a legislative body, or by a court, or by any collective body of men acting together.
Committee
One to whom the charge of the person or estate of another, as of a lunatic, is committed by suitable authority; a guardian.
Committee
A special group delegated to consider some matter;
A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours
Committee
A self-constituted organization to promote something