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What is the difference between military and armor?

military | armor |

As nouns the difference between military and armor

is that military is armed forces while armor is (uncountable) a protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.

As a adjective military

is characteristic of members of the armed forces.

As a verb armor is

to equip something with armor or a protective coating or hardening.

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.
  • 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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    armor

    English

    Alternative forms

    * armour

    Noun

    (wikipedia) (qualifier)
  • (uncountable) A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.
  • (uncountable) A natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body.
  • (uncountable) Metal plate, protecting a ship, military vehicle, or aircraft.
  • (countable) A tank, or other heavy mobile assault vehicle.
  • (military, uncountable) A military formation consisting primarily of tanks or other armoured fighting vehicles, collectively.
  • (hydrology, uncountable) The naturally occurring surface of pebbles, rocks or boulders that line the bed of a waterway or beach and provide protection against erosion.
  • Synonyms

    * (body armour) body armour, body armor, mail, chain mail, plate, suit of armour, suit of armor * (animal) horn, carapace, chitin * (metal plate) armour plate, armor plate * (military) mechanized, cavalry

    Derived terms

    * * composite armour * armour-plated * armour plating * armoury * spaced armour * stand-off armour * suit of armour * reactive armour * explosive reactive armour

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To equip something with armor or a protective coating or hardening.
  • To provide something with an analogous form of protection.
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