Battalion vs Assistant - What's the difference?
battalion | assistant |
(military) An army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters. Traditionally forming part of a regiment.
(US, military) an army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters; forming part of a brigade.
Any large body of troops.
(by extension) A great number of things.
Having a subordinate or auxiliary position.
Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.
* Beattie
(obsolete) Someone who is present; a bystander, a witness.
*, II.3:
A person who assists or helps someone else.
(British) Sales assistant.
A software tool that provides assistance in some task.
As nouns the difference between battalion and assistant
is that battalion is (military) an army unit having two or more companies, etc and a headquarters traditionally forming part of a regiment while assistant is (obsolete) someone who is present; a bystander, a witness.As a verb battalion
is to form into battalions.As an adjective assistant is
having a subordinate or auxiliary position.battalion
English
(wikipedia battalion)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (great number of things) heap, horde, load, mass, pile, swatheassistant
English
Alternative forms
* assistaunt (obsolete)Adjective
(-) (attributive)- an assistant surgeon
- Genius and learning are mutually and greatly assistant to each other.
Noun
(en noun)- a woman of great authority, having first yeelded an accompt unto her Citizens, and shewed good reasons why she was resolved to end her life, earnestly entreated Pompey to be an assistant at her death, that so it might be esteemed more honourable.
