Difference between Allied and Aligned

What is the difference between Allied and Aligned?

Allied as a verb is to unite, or form a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confederacy. while Aligned as a verb is to form a line; to fall into line.

Allied

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To unite, or form a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confederacy.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Joined as allies. The Treaty of Vienna..had bound the Allied Powers to make war together upon Napoleon.

Example sentence: There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.

Aligned

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: referring to something that has an alignment with something elseallied

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To form a line; to fall into line.

Example sentence: Historically, the National Religious Party, which my party - Jewish Home - is built upon, has aligned itself in consecutive Israeli governments with the ultra-Orthodox factions.

We hope you now know whether to use Allied or Aligned in your sentence.

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