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Infantry vs Grenadier - What's the difference?

infantry | grenadier |

As nouns the difference between infantry and grenadier

is that infantry is soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry and other mounted units, regardless of external transport (eg airborne) while grenadier is a type of soldier, originally one who threw grenades, later a member of a company formed from the tallest men of the regiment; now specifically, a member of the (grenadier guards).

infantry

English

Noun

(wikipedia infantry) (infantries)
  • Soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry and other mounted units, regardless of external transport (e.g. airborne).
  • (uncountable) The part of an army consisting of infantry soldiers, especially opposed to mounted and technical troops
  • A regiment of infantry

    • Derived terms

    * infanteer * infantryman * light infantry * marine infantry * mechanized infantry * mounted infantry

    grenadier

    English

    (wikipedia grenadier)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A type of soldier, originally one who threw grenades, later a member of a company formed from the tallest men of the regiment; now specifically, a member of the (Grenadier Guards).
  • Any of various African weaverbirds or waxbills, especially the common grenadier or the red bishop.
  • Any of various deep-sea fish of the family Macrouridae that have a large head and body and a long tapering tail; a rattail.

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