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Battalion vs Corps - What's the difference?

battalion | corps |

As nouns the difference between battalion and corps

is that battalion is (military) an army unit having two or more companies, etc and a headquarters traditionally forming part of a regiment while corps is .

As a verb battalion

is to form into battalions.

battalion

English

(wikipedia battalion)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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.

    • Synonyms

    * (great number of things) heap, horde, load, mass, pile, swathe

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To form into battalions.

    • corps

    English

    Noun

    (corps)
  • (military) A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions.
  • An organized group of people united by a common purpose.
  • * diplomatic corps
  • * White House press corps

    • Anagrams

    * * English nouns with irregular plurals ----