Fraternity vs Squad - What's the difference?
fraternity | squad |
The quality of being brothers or brotherly; brotherhood.
A group of people associated for a common purpose.
(US) A social organization of male students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters.
A group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.
A unit of tactical military personnel, or of police officers, usually of about ten members.
* 1912 , in The New England magazine , volume 47:
(cricket, soccer, rugby) A group of potential players from whom a starting team and substitutes are chosen.
(UK, dialect) sloppy mud
As nouns the difference between fraternity and squad
is that fraternity is the quality of being brothers or brotherly; brotherhood while squad is a group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.fraternity
English
(wikipedia fraternity)Noun
(-)Synonyms
* brotherhoodAntonyms
* disfavorSee also
* sororitysquad
English
(wikipedia squad)Alternative forms
* escouade (archaic)Noun
(en noun)- A squad of soldiers ordered them to disperse but instead of doing so they commenced throwing ice and rocks.
- (Tennyson)