Platoon vs Echelon - What's the difference?
platoon | echelon |
(military) A unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company.
(baseball) To alternate starts with a teammate of opposite handedness, depending on the handedness of the opposing pitcher
In military terms the difference between platoon and echelon
is that platoon is a unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company while echelon is a formation of troops, ships, etc. in diagonal parallel rows.As a proper noun Echelon is
an international SIGINT network to monitor and gather intelligence from satellite trunk communications.platoon
English
(wikipedia platoon)Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- Taylor has been hitting poorly against left-handers, and Morgan has been hitting poorly against right-handers, so they will platoon .
