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Generalship vs Planning - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between generalship and planning

is that generalship is the position or office of a general while planning is action of the verb to plan

As a verb planning is

present participle of lang=en.

generalship

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The position or office of a general.
  • The term of office of a military general.
  • :George Washington's generalship was marked by both amazing victories and stunning blunders, neither of which would have happened to someone with more formal officer training.
  • The skills or performance of a good general; military leadership, strategy.
  • *1990 , (Peter Hopkirk), The Great Game , Folio Society 2010, p. 277:
  • *:At the same time, awed by the brilliant and daring generalship which had enabled the Russian to capture their city with so small a force, the elders gave him the honorific title of ‘Lion of Tashkent’.
  • *2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 136:
  • *:Virtually the whole of the region fell to Saxe's ingenious generalship .
  • By extension, leadership, good management.
  • :Under my generalship my fine troop of brats picked up every scrap of litter in that lot.

    • planning

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

  • (uncountable) action of the verb to plan
  • the act of formulating of a course of action, or of drawing up plans
  • the act of making contingency plans
  • (informal, British) planning permission
    • My neighbours were going to build an extension but they didn't get planning .

    Usage notes

    Planning is a context-based. It may function as a gerund or verb in a participle, but care must be taken to avoid misuse with 'plan'. Planning is almost never used in the plural, especially by native speakers. It sometimes appears in print, often in translated works especially in politics and management fields.

    Derived terms

    * family planning * life planning * macroplanning * microplanning * planning permission * vacation planning

    External links

    * (wikipedia "planning")