Troop vs Ensemble - What's the difference?
troop | ensemble |
A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude.
* Shakespeare
(military) A small unit of cavalry or armour commanded by a captain, corresponding to a platoon or company of infantry.
A detachment of soldiers or police, especially horse artillery, armour, or state troopers.
Soldiers, military forces (usually "troops").
* Shakespeare
* Macaulay
(nonstandard) A company of stageplayers; a troupe.
(label) A basic unit of girl or boy scouts, consisting of 6 to 10 youngsters.
A group of baboons.
A particular roll of the drum; a quick march.
(mycology) Mushrooms that are in a close group but not close enough to be called a cluster.
To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops.
* , chapter=5
, title= To march on; to go forward in haste.
To move or march as if in a crowd.
a group of separate things that contribute to a coordinated whole
a coordinated costume or outfit; a suit
a group of musicians, dancers, actors, etc who perform together; e.g. the chorus of a ballet company
* 12 July 2012 , Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
(music) a piece for several instrumentalists or vocalists
As nouns the difference between troop and ensemble
is that troop is a collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude while ensemble is a group of separate things that contribute to a coordinated whole.As a verb troop
is to move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops.troop
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Noun
(en noun)- That which should accompany old age — / As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends — / I must not look to have.
- Farewell the plumed troop , and the big wars.
- His troops moved to victory with the precision of machines.
Derived terms
* trooper * troopship * troop carrierVerb
(en verb)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.}}
Derived terms
* troop the colour (qualifier)References
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* English collective nouns ----ensemble
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Noun
(wikipedia ensemble) (en noun)- On paper, Continental Drift boasts a jaw-dropping voice cast, including but not limited to Jennifer Lopez, Patrick Stewart, Wanda Sykes, Aziz Ansari, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Nicki Minaj, Drake, and Alan Tudyk. But in practice, the overstuffed ensemble leaves the cast no room to distinguish themselves, and directors Steve Martino and Michael Thurmeier don’t seem interested in coaxing performances that might render their money stars less identifiable.