What is the difference between a consul and council in Rome?

Question

What is the difference between a consul and council in Rome?

Answer 1

In the simplest terms, a consul was a position; a council was a group of individuals or a meeting of such.

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Answer 2

rome  invested enormous amounts of power in their officials. At the top were the consuls, who were two patricians elected to the office for one year. They exercised power in same way the kings had in the Roman monarchy. These consuls initiated legislation, served as the head of the judiciary and the military, and served as chief priests to the nation. They even dressed as monarchs, by wearing purple robes and sitting on the seat traditionally reserved for the monarch: the ivory chair.  

however,  power of the consuls were severely limited. First, they only served for one year, at which point they would have to be re-elected or enter into private life again. Second, there were two consuls; either consul could effectively prevent any action or decision by the other consul by simply vetoing him. No consul could act without the other consul in agreement. Third, the consuls would have to serve on the Senate after their term in office; this led them to cultivate assiduously the cooperation of the senate.

Council - was a meeting of Western church officials and theologians which took place in the year  382 AD under the authority of Pope Damasus I.