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Paramilitary vs Basij - What's the difference?

paramilitary | basij |

As nouns the difference between paramilitary and basij

is that paramilitary is a group of civilians trained and organized in a military fashion, but which do not represent the formal forces of a sovereign power while basij is a volunteer paramilitary group in iran.

As an adjective paramilitary

is relating to a paramilitary.

paramilitary

English

Noun

(paramilitaries)
  • A group of civilians trained and organized in a military fashion, but which do not represent the formal forces of a sovereign power.
  • (label) A member of a paramilitary group.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • relating to a paramilitary

    • basij

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia Basij) (en-plural noun)
  • A volunteer paramilitary group in Iran