Cabal & Cable

We all know what a cable is: A rope, wire, or chain of considerable circumference and strength which may be used to hold or to fasten objects together or, as in telecommunications, to carry electric or message impulses.

Cabal, on the other hand, is a group a secret group often devoted to intrigue and to the overthrow of a political system: “Many a cabal exists in New Delhi plotting for a downfall of the existing government.”