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Recon vs Reconnaissance - What's the difference?

recon | reconnaissance |

Reconnaissance is a alternative form of recon.



As nouns the difference between recon and reconnaissance

is that recon is reconnaissance while reconnaissance is the act of scouting or exploring (especially military or medical) to gain information.

As a verb recon

is reconnoiter.

recon

English

(wikipedia recon)

Etymology 1

Contracted form of reconnaissance

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chiefly, US, military slang) reconnaissance.

    • Verb

  • (chiefly, US, military slang) reconnoiter.
    • Synonyms
    * recce (qualifier)

    Etymology 2

    Contracted form of recombination + -on

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (genetics) The smallest genetic unit that is capable of undergoing recombination.

    • Anagrams

    * *

    reconnaissance

    English

    (wikipedia reconnaissance)

    Alternative forms

    * recce (abbreviation) * recon (abbreviation)

    Noun

  • The act of scouting or exploring (especially military or medical) to gain information.
  • * 1973 , Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama
    • The third member, Sergeant Pieter Rousseau, had been with the back-up teams at the Hub; he was an expert on space reconnaissance instrumentation, but on this trip he would have to depend on his own eyes and a small portable telescope.

    Related terms

    * reconnoiter, reconnoitre ----