Battalion vs Platoon - What's the difference?
battalion | platoon |
(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.
(military) A unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company.
(baseball) To alternate starts with a teammate of opposite handedness, depending on the handedness of the opposing pitcher
Platoon is a coordinate term of battalion.
In military terms the difference between battalion and platoon
is that battalion is an army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters. Traditionally forming part of a regiment while platoon is a unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company.battalion
English
(wikipedia battalion)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (great number of things) heap, horde, load, mass, pile, swatheplatoon
English
(wikipedia platoon)Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- Taylor has been hitting poorly against left-handers, and Morgan has been hitting poorly against right-handers, so they will platoon .
