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Procession vs Troops - What's the difference?

procession | troops |

As nouns the difference between procession and troops

is that procession is the act of progressing or proceeding while troops is .

As verbs the difference between procession and troops

is that procession is to take part in a procession while troops is (troop).

procession

English

(wikipedia procession)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of progressing or proceeding.
    • (Bishop Pearson)
  • * Trench
    • That the procession of their life might be / More equable, majestic, pure, and free.
  • A group of people or things moving along in an orderly, stately, or solemn manner; a train of persons advancing in order; a retinue.
    • a procession''' of mourners; the Lord Mayor's '''procession
  • * Shakespeare
    • the townsmen on procession
  • A number of things happening in sequence (in space or in time).
  • (ecclesiastical, obsolete, in the plural) Litanies which were said in procession and not kneeling.
    • (Shipley)

    Derived terms

    * proceed * process * processional

    Related terms

    * procedure

    See also

    * march-past * fly-past * cavalcade * motorcade * -cade * cortege * parade

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To take part in a procession
  • (dated) To honour with a procession.
  • (transitive, legal, US, North Carolina and Tennessee) To ascertain, mark, and establish the boundary lines of (lands).
  • * Burrill
    • To procession the lands of such persons as desire it.

    Synonyms

    * process

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    troops

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • military personnel in uniform
    • There are 10,000 troops in Iraq.

    Synonyms

    * soldiers

    Verb

    (head)
  • (troop)

    • Statistics

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