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Calvary vs Cavalry - What's the difference?

calvary | cavalry |

Cavalry is a anagram of calvary.



As nouns the difference between calvary and cavalry

is that calvary is a life-size representation of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on a piece of raised ground while cavalry is the military arm of service that fights while riding horses.

As a proper noun Calvary

is the hill outside Jerusalem which is traditionally held to be the location of the crucifixion of Jesus.

calvary

English

(wikipedia Calvary)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • The hill outside Jerusalem which is traditionally held to be the location of the crucifixion of Jesus.

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    cavalry

    English

    (wikipedia cavalry)

    Noun

    (cavalries)
  • (military, uncountable) The military arm of service that fights while riding horses.
  • (military, countable) An individual unit of the cavalry arm of service.
  • (military, countable) The branch of the military transported by fast light vehicles, also known as mechanized cavalry.

    • Derived terms

    * heavy cavalry * light cavalry * mechanized cavalry

    References

    * Delamarre, X. & Lambert, P. -Y. (2003). Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise : Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental (2nd ed.). Paris: Errance. ISBN 978 2 87772 369 5, ISBN 2 87772 237 6

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