Question

define partisan and partianship

Answer 1

In politics, a partisan is a committed member of a political party. In multi-party systems, the term is used for politicians who strongly support their party's policies and are reluctant to compromise with their political opponents.
While as Partisanship is when a politician sides with his party's affiliation, even though he thinks differently. For example; Politician A is in the Republican party. Politician A is Pro-choice, but the Republican party is not. He also knows that if he sides with pro-choice, it may cost him the election, so he goes along with the party and fights against abortion, even though his views differ.