Recruit vs Impressment - What's the difference?
recruit | impressment |
A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement.
A person enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.
A hired worker
(biology, ecology) A new member of a certain population, usually referring to a juvenile.
To enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, military, etc.
To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; also, to muster
(archaic) To replenish, renew, or reinvigorate by fresh supplies; to remedy lack or deficiency in
* Glanvill
(dated) To recuperate; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like
The act of seizing for public use; impressing into public service.
*1988 , James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom , Oxford 2004, p. 833:
*:A month later the governors of six more states, meeting in conference, enigmatically urged the impressment of slaves for “the public service as may be required.”
As nouns the difference between recruit and impressment
is that recruit is a supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement while impressment is the act of seizing for public use; impressing into public service.As a verb recruit
is to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, military, etc.recruit
English
Noun
(en noun)- These new recruits were hired after passing the interviews
Verb
(en verb)- We need to recruit more admin staff to deal with the massive surge in popularity of our products
- the army was recruited for a campaign .
- they were looking to recruit two thousand troops for battle
- Food recruits''' the flesh; fresh air and exercise '''recruit the spirits.
- Her cheeks glow the brighter, recruiting their colour.
- Lean cattle recruit in fresh pastures.
- Go to the country to recruit .
