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Insurgent vs Counterinsurgent - What's the difference?

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Insurgent is a related term of counterinsurgent.


As nouns the difference between insurgent and counterinsurgent

is that insurgent is one of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in insurgency while counterinsurgent is a person combating an insurgency.

As an adjective insurgent

is rebellious, opposing authority.

insurgent

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Rebellious, opposing authority.
  • * Motley
    • The insurgent provinces.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • one of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in insurgency

    • Anagrams

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    counterinsurgent

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person combating an insurgency
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=August 19, author=Buddhika Jayamaha, Wesley D. Smith, Jeremy Roebuck, Omar Mora, Edward Sandmeier, Yance T. Gray And Jeremy A. Murphy, title=The War as We Saw It, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Counterinsurgency is, by definition, a competition between insurgents and counterinsurgents for the control and support of a population. }}

    Related terms

    *counterinsurgency *insurgent