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Reconnaissance vs Scouting - What's the difference?

reconnaissance | scouting |

As nouns the difference between reconnaissance and scouting

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

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 ----

    scouting

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Scouting

    Noun

  • The act of one who scouts.
  • * 1935 , State Publication (issues 136-145, page 73)
    • Careful scoutings by the State Department of Agriculture and Markets were made in 1935, to determine the limits of invasion
  • The
  • The activities of boy scouts and girl scouts.