- senate - assembly possessing high legislative powers
--1 is a kind of legislature, legislative assembly, general assembly, law-makers
--1 has particulars: United States Senate, US Senate, Senate- United States Senate, US Senate, Senate - the upper house of the United States Congress
--2 is a kind of senate
--2 is a member of Congress, United States Congress, U.S. Congress, US Congress - United States Senate, US Senate, Senate - the upper house of the United States Congress