Horde vs Phalanx - What's the difference?
horde | phalanx |
A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people (originally Tatars) migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude.
A large number of people.
* 1907 , Jack London, Before Adam , page Chapter IV
a large group of people, animals or things, compact or closely massed, or tightly knit and united in common purpose.
* 2007 , The Guardian, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2073710,00.html]
* 2007 , The Guardian, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/freedom/Story/0,,2065311,00.html]
One of the bones of the finger or toe.
An ancient Greek and Macedonian military unit that consisted of several ranks and files (lines) of soldiers in close array with joined shields and long spears.
(historical sociology) A Fourierite utopian community; a phalanstery.
As an adjective horde
is .As a verb horde
is .As a proper noun phalanx is
the brand name of a radar-controlled rapid fire 20mm machine gun, the phalanx ciws (pronounced see-wiz ), deployed on us navy ships as a last line of defense against antiship cruise missiles.horde
English
Noun
(en noun)- We were beset by a horde of street vendors who thought we were tourists and would buy their cheap souvenirs.
- It is true, the more progressive members of our horde lived in the caves above the river.
Derived terms
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* Sometimes confused with hoard.Anagrams
* * English collective nouns ----phalanx
English
(Phalanx bone) (wikipedia phalanx)Noun
(en-noun)- There, the Paisleyites were being held back by another phalanx of soldiers and policemen.
- The Guardian today listed a phalanx of ministers who back the bill, including Tessa Jowell, the culture secretary, Tony McNulty, the policing minister, Andy Burnham, the junior health minister, Ian Pearson, the climate change minister, John Healey, the financial secretary to the Treasury, and Keith Hill, parliamentary private secretary to Tony Blair