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Garrison vs Reinforcement - What's the difference?

garrison | reinforcement |

As nouns the difference between garrison and reinforcement

is that garrison is a permanent military post while reinforcement is the act, process, or state of reinforcing or being reinforced.

As a verb garrison

is to assign troops to a military post.

As a proper noun Garrison

is {{surname}.

garrison

Noun

(en noun)
  • A permanent military post.
  • The troops stationed at such a post.
  • (allusive) Occupants.
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  • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=4 citation , passage=“I came down like a wolf on the fold, didn’t I??? Why didn’t I telephone??? Strategy, my dear boy, strategy. This is a surprise attack, and I’d no wish that the garrison , forewarned, should escape. …”}}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To assign troops to a military post.
  • To convert into a military fort.
  • reinforcement

    English

    Alternative forms

    * re-enforcement, reenforcement,

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable) The act, process, or state of reinforcing or being reinforced.
  • (countable) A thing that reinforces.
  • (in the plural) Additional troops or materiel sent to support a military action.
  • The process whereby a behavior with desirable consequences comes to be repeated.
  • Derived terms

    * negative reinforcement * positive reinforcement * primary reinforcement

    See also

    * punishment * operant conditioning * classical conditioning