Convoy vs Procession - What's the difference?
convoy | procession |
(nautical) One or more merchant ships sailing in company to the same general destination under the protection of naval vessels
A group of vehicles travelling together for safety, especially one with an escort
To escort a group of vehicles, and provide protection.
* Emerson
The act of progressing or proceeding.
* Trench
A group of people or things moving along in an orderly, stately, or solemn manner; a train of persons advancing in order; a retinue.
* Shakespeare
A number of things happening in sequence (in space or in time).
(ecclesiastical, obsolete, in the plural) Litanies which were said in procession and not kneeling.
To take part in a procession
(dated) To honour with a procession.
(transitive, legal, US, North Carolina and Tennessee) To ascertain, mark, and establish the boundary lines of (lands).
* Burrill
As nouns the difference between convoy and procession
is that convoy is one or more merchant ships sailing in company to the same general destination under the protection of naval vessels while procession is the act of progressing or proceeding.As verbs the difference between convoy and procession
is that convoy is to escort a group of vehicles, and provide protection while procession is to take part in a procession.As a proper noun Convoy
is a village in Ireland.convoy
English
Noun
(wikipedia convoy) (en noun)Verb
(en verb)- A frigate convoys a merchantman.
- I know ye skilful to convoy / The total freight of hope and joy.
External links
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English
(wikipedia procession)Noun
(en noun)- (Bishop Pearson)
- That the procession of their life might be / More equable, majestic, pure, and free.
- a procession''' of mourners; the Lord Mayor's '''procession
- the townsmen on procession
- (Shipley)
Derived terms
* proceed * process * processionalSee also
* march-past * fly-past * cavalcade * motorcade * -cade * cortege * paradeVerb
(en verb)- To procession the lands of such persons as desire it.
