Platoon vs Tribe - What's the difference?
platoon | tribe |
(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
A socially, ethnically, and politically cohesive group of people.
(anthropology) A society larger than a band but smaller than a state.
The collective noun for various animals.
(taxonomy) A hierarchal rank between family and genus.
(stock breeding) A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line.
To distribute into tribes or classes; to categorize.
* Archbishop Nicolson
As nouns the difference between platoon and tribe
is that platoon is (military) a unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company while tribe is a socially, ethnically, and politically cohesive group of people.As verbs the difference between platoon and tribe
is that platoon is (baseball) to alternate starts with a teammate of opposite handedness, depending on the handedness of the opposing pitcher while tribe is to distribute into tribes or classes; to categorize.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 .
See also
* platoon systemtribe
English
(wikipedia tribe)Noun
(en noun)- the Duchess tribe of shorthorns
Derived terms
* tribal * tribeletSee also
* ethnic *Verb
(trib)- Our fowl, fish, and quadruped are well tribed .
