Reconnoitre vs Reconnaissance - What's the difference?
reconnoitre | reconnaissance |
(transitive, intransitive, military) To perform a reconnaissance (of an area; an enemy position); to scout with the aim of gaining information.
(obsolete) To recognise.
An act or instance of reconnoitring.
The act of scouting or exploring (especially military or medical) to gain information.
* 1973 , Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama
Reconnaissance is a related term of reconnoitre.
As nouns the difference between reconnoitre and reconnaissance
is that reconnoitre is an act or instance of reconnoitring while reconnaissance is the act of scouting or exploring (especially military or medical) to gain information.As a verb reconnoitre
is to perform a reconnaissance (of an area; an enemy position); to scout with the aim of gaining information.reconnoitre
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Alternative forms
* (US) reconnoiterVerb
- Our scout will reconnoitre the path ahead of our troops.
Synonyms
* scout, surveyNoun
(en noun)- ''The pilot reported the findings of his reconnoitre .
Anagrams
*reconnaissance
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(wikipedia reconnaissance)Alternative forms
* recce (abbreviation) * recon (abbreviation)Noun
- 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.