Squad vs Platoon - What's the difference?
squad | platoon |
A group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.
A unit of tactical military personnel, or of police officers, usually of about ten members.
* 1912 , in The New England magazine , volume 47:
(cricket, soccer, rugby) A group of potential players from whom a starting team and substitutes are chosen.
(UK, dialect) sloppy mud
(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
As nouns the difference between squad and platoon
is that squad is a group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members while platoon is a unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company.As a verb platoon is
to alternate starts with a teammate of opposite handedness, depending on the handedness of the opposing pitcher.squad
English
(wikipedia squad)Alternative forms
* escouade (archaic)Noun
(en noun)- A squad of soldiers ordered them to disperse but instead of doing so they commenced throwing ice and rocks.
- (Tennyson)
Derived terms
* flying squadSee also
*Anagrams
*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 .
