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Squad vs Roster - What's the difference?

squad | roster |

As nouns the difference between squad and roster

is that squad is a group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members while roster is roaster (for coffee beans etc).

squad

English

(wikipedia squad)

Alternative forms

* escouade (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.
  • A unit of tactical military personnel, or of police officers, usually of about ten members.
  • * 1912 , in The New England magazine , volume 47:
    • A squad of soldiers ordered them to disperse but instead of doing so they commenced throwing ice and rocks.
  • (cricket, soccer, rugby) A group of potential players from whom a starting team and substitutes are chosen.
  • (UK, dialect) sloppy mud
    • (Tennyson)

    Derived terms

    * flying squad

    Related terms

    * squadron

    See also

    *

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    roster

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A list of names, usually for an organization of some kind such as military officers and enlisted personnel enrolled in a particular unit; a muster roll; a sports team, with the names of players who are eligible to be placed in the lineup for a particular game; or a list of students officially enrolled in a school or class.
  • A list of the jobs to be done by members of an organization and often with the date/time that they are expected to do them.
    • The secretary has produced a new cleaning roster for the Church over the remainder of the year.

    See also

    * rota

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To place the name of (a person) on a roster.
    • I have rostered you for cleaning duties on the first Monday of each month.

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