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military | serving |

As adjectives the difference between military and serving

is that military is characteristic of members of the armed forces while serving is that or who serves or serve.

As nouns the difference between military and serving

is that military is armed forces while serving is (uncountable) the action of the verb to serve .

As a verb serving is

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military

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Characteristic of members of the armed forces.
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  • *:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
  • (lb) Relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force (often as distinguished from civilians or police forces).
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  • Relating to war.
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  • Relating to armies or ground forces.

    • Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Armed forces.
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    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution , passage=The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.}}
  • (US, with the) U.S. armed forces in general, including the Marine Corps.

    • Related terms

    * militia * military intelligence * military insignia * military officer * military rank * military tribunal * military uniform * nonmilitary

    See also

    * martial * abbreviation: * army/Army * navy/Navy * air force/Air Force * marines/Marines * Merchant Marine * US National Guard * Coast Guard

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    serving

    English

    Adjective

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  • That or who serves or serve.
    • serving marines
    serving girl

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The action of the verb to serve .
    • The tennis match began with her serving .
  • (countable) A portion (especially, of a meal) served to someone.
  • (countable) A layer added to the outside of an electrical cable to protect it

    • Verb

    (head)