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Sapper vs Commando - What's the difference?

sapper | commando |

As nouns the difference between sapper and commando

is that sapper is one who saps; specifically, one who is employed in working at saps, building and repairing fortifications, and the like often known as a combat engineer'' or ''military engineer while commando is a small fighting force specially trained for making quick destructive raids against enemy-held areas.

sapper

English

(wikipedia sapper)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who saps; specifically, one who is employed in working at saps, building and repairing fortifications, and the like. Often known as a combat engineer'' or ''military engineer .
  • (British, colloquial) an officer or private of the Royal Engineers.

    • Anagrams

    * English agent nouns

    commando

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia commando) (en-noun)
  • A small fighting force specially trained for making quick destructive raids against enemy-held areas.
  • * 1977 , (Alistair Horne), A Savage War of Peace , New York Review Books 2006, p. 89:
    • The most important objective was at Batna itself, where a group of three commandos each comprising ten men was to attack Deleplanque's sub-prefecture [...].
  • A commando trooper
  • (historical) An organized force of Boer troops in South Africa; a raid by such troops

    • Derived terms

    * go commando

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