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Enlistment vs Conscription - What's the difference?

enlistment | conscription |

As nouns the difference between enlistment and conscription

is that enlistment is voluntary service based on an individuals' desire to serve a cause while conscription is involuntary labor, especially military service, demanded by some established authority.

enlistment

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Voluntary service based on an individuals' desire to serve a cause.

    • See also

    * enlist

    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)