Commando vs Operative - What's the difference?
commando | operative |
A small fighting force specially trained for making quick destructive raids against enemy-held areas.
* 1977 , (Alistair Horne), A Savage War of Peace , New York Review Books 2006, p. 89:
A commando trooper
(historical) An organized force of Boer troops in South Africa; a raid by such troops
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Effectual or important.
Functional, in working order.
Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects.
* South
Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious.
Based upon, or consisting of, a surgical operation or operations.
An employee or other worker with some particular function or skill.
A spy, secret agent, or detective.
A participant of an operation.
As nouns the difference between commando and operative
is that commando is a small fighting force specially trained for making quick destructive raids against enemy-held areas while operative is an employee or other worker with some particular function or skill.As an adjective operative is
effectual or important.commando
English
Noun
(wikipedia commando) (en-noun)- The most important objective was at Batna itself, where a group of three commandos each comprising ten men was to attack Deleplanque's sub-prefecture [...].
Derived terms
* go commandoReferences
operative
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He's usually in a good mood — the operative word there being "usually". Today was a disaster.
- an operative motive
- It holds in all operative principles.
- an operative dose, rule, or penalty
- operative surgery