Guerrilla vs Partisan - What's the difference?
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A non-official war carried out by small independent groups; a guerrilla war.
A soldier in a small independent group, fighting against the government or regular forces by surprise raids.
(military) Relating to, using, or typical of guerrilla warfare, or its principles of small independent or non-official perpetrators.
* 1908 , George Devereux Oswell, Sketches of Rulers of India , volume I, Chapter VII, page 127:
* Mao Zedong, The Red Book of Guerrilla Warfare , translated by Samuel B. Griffith, edited by Shawn Conners, ISBN 1-934255-27-0, page 14:
* 1976 , Walter Laqueur, Guerrilla warfare: a historical & critical study , page 205:
(marketing) Relating to, using, or typical of guerrilla marketing.
* 1989 , Michael Wiese, Film & video marketing , page 445:
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An adherent to a party or faction.
* 1924 : ARISTOTLE. Metaphysics . Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Available at:
A fervent, sometimes militant, supporter or proponent of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea.
A member of a band of detached light, irregular troops acting behind occupying enemy lines in the ways of harassment or sabotage; a guerrilla fighter
The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy.
Serving as commander or member of a body of detached light troops: as, a partisan officer or corps.
Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence to a party; as, blinded by partisan zeal.
Devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause: partisan politics.
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(historical) A spear with a triangular, double-edged blade.
(obsolete) A soldier armed with such a weapon.
In _ rare lang=en terms the difference between guerrilla and partisan
is that guerrilla is a non-official war carried out by small independent groups; a guerrilla war while partisan is the commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy.guerrilla
English
(wikipedia guerrilla)Alternative forms
* guerillaNoun
(en noun)Adjective
(en adjective)- Wherever Nicholson was most wanted, there he was sure to be found. What his life was at this time may be seen from a letter he wrote to his mother: 'I am leading a very guerrilla sort of life with seven hundred horse and foot raised among the people of the country. The chieftain who is in rebellion has eight regular regiments and sixteen guns, so that I am unable to meet them openly in the field.'
- On the other hand, after the fall of Feng Ling Tu, the operations of Central Shansi, and Suiyuan, troops were more guerrilla than orthodox in nature.
- The Slovak uprising in the latter days was not guerrilla in character, which, incidentally, may have been one of the reasons for its failure.
- We took a very guerrilla approach to marketing Goin' Hollywood, in keeping with the irreverent tone of the game.
See also
* partisan * guerrillero ----partisan
English
(wikipedia partisan)Alternative forms
* partizanEtymology 1
From (etyl) partisan, from (etyl) . English from the mid-16th century. The sense of "guerilla fighter" is from c. 1690. The adjective in the military sense dates from the early 18th century, in the political sense since 1842.Noun
(en noun)- while Xenophanes, the first of these partisans of the One (for Parmenides is said to have been his pupil), gave no clear statement,
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=England will regard it as a measure of justice for Frank Lampard's disallowed goal against Germany in Bloemfontein at the 2010 World Cup - but it was also an illustration of how they rode their luck for long periods in front of a predictably partisan home crowd.}}