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Conscription vs Mobilization - What's the difference?

conscription | mobilization |

As nouns the difference between conscription and mobilization

is that conscription is involuntary labor, especially military service, demanded by some established authority while mobilization is the act of mobilizing.

conscription

English

Noun

  • involuntary labor, especially military service, demanded by some established authority
  • An enrolling or registering.
  • * Bishop Burnet
    • The conscription of men of war.

    See also

    * ("conscription" on Wikipedia)

    mobilization

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Commonwealth: mobilisation

    Noun

    (wikipedia mobilization) (en noun)
  • The act of mobilizing
  • The marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war.
  • The process by which the armed forces of a nation are brought to a state of readiness for a conflict.
  • (geology) The softening of rock such that geochemical migration can take place
  • (genetics) The transport of a copy of a gene from one chromosome, or one organism to another

    • Related terms

    () * mobile * mobility * mobilize * move