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commission & committee

0 "Commission" and "committee" have similar meanings. We say "the International Olympic Committee" and "the European Commission". What's the difference between these two words? When should one be used while the other shouldn't? 0-
  

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02br 02br 00(courtesy of One Look Dictionary Search)02br 02br 00They both have other and overlapping meanings, of course, and I suppose in the end it is a matter of how the constituting authority wishes to designate it. 0-

  • 02br 02br 00(courtesy of One Look Dictionary Search)02br 02br 00They both have other and overlapping meanings, of course, and I suppose in the end it is a matter of how the constituting authority wishes to designate it.
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01i00Commission02i00 is more often used in the sense of 01i00a special group delegated to consider02i00 some matter00.02br
01i00Committee02i00 is more often meant, as in your example, to be 01i00a self-constituted organization to promote (

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