Cantonment vs Army - What's the difference?
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Temporary military living quarters.
A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters.
*1990 , (Peter Hopkirk), The Great Game , Folio Society 2010, p. 220:
*:The cantonments , it transpired, were singularly ill-sited for defence, being built on low, marshy ground, overlooked by hills on all sides.
(India) A permanent military station.
A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.
# Used absolutely for that entire branch of the armed forces.
# (often capitalized) Within a vast military, a very large tactical contingent (e.g. a number of divisions).
The governmental agency in charge of a state's army.
(figuratively) A large group of people working toward the same purpose.
(figuratively) A large group of social animals working toward the same purpose.
(figuratively) Any multitude.
As nouns the difference between cantonment and army
is that cantonment is temporary military living quarters while army is a large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.As a proper noun Army is
a sports team representing the US Military Academy at West Point.cantonment
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(armies)- The army was sent in to quell the uprising.
- The army received a bigger share of this year's budget increase than the navy or air force.
- The Fourth Army''' suffered such losses that its remainders were merged into the Second '''Army , also deployed on the Western front.
- The army opposed the legislature's involvement.
- It took an army of accountants to uncover the fraud.
- Our house is being attacked by an army of ants.
- On sunny days the beaches draw armies of tourists of all kinds.