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Troop vs Clique - What's the difference?

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Troop is a related term of clique.


As verbs the difference between troop and clique

is that troop is to move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops while clique is .

As a noun troop

is a collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude.

troop

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude.
  • * Shakespeare
    • That which should accompany old age — / As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends — / I must not look to have.
  • (military) A small unit of cavalry or armour commanded by a captain, corresponding to a platoon or company of infantry.
  • A detachment of soldiers or police, especially horse artillery, armour, or state troopers.
  • Soldiers, military forces (usually "troops").
  • * Shakespeare
    • Farewell the plumed troop , and the big wars.
  • * Macaulay
    • His troops moved to victory with the precision of machines.
  • (nonstandard) A company of stageplayers; a troupe.
  • (label) A basic unit of girl or boy scouts, consisting of 6 to 10 youngsters.
  • A group of baboons.
  • A particular roll of the drum; a quick march.
  • (mycology) Mushrooms that are in a close group but not close enough to be called a cluster.

    • Derived terms

    * trooper * troopship * troop carrier

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops.
  • * , chapter=5
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.}}
  • To march on; to go forward in haste.
  • To move or march as if in a crowd.

    • Derived terms

    * troop the colour (qualifier)

    References

    * *

    See also

    *

    Anagrams

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    clique

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small, exclusive group of individuals; cabal
    • This school used to be really friendly, but now everyone keeps to their own cliques .
  • (graph theory) A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph.
    • The problem of finding the largest clique in an arbitrary graph is NP-complete.
  • (Internet) A group of related web sites that link to each other, like a webring but with exclusive membership determined by the clique owner.
  • * 1999 , "Jackie", someone help me out?'' (on newsgroup ''alt.fan.leo-dicaprio )
    • Does anyone know what an internet clique is/does? I came across a few and am thoroughly confused.
  • * 2000 , "- deanna -", ot: hiya'' (on newsgroup ''alt.fan.backstreet.boys )
    • even though we're not "regulars" anymore...*sniffle*...we still can't forget the NG...i always tell new fans about it...(people who join my clique , etc...)...and besides...i owe the NG a LOT...itz where i met my best friend...
  • * 2001 , "spee2k", future no doubt website....'' (on newsgroup ''alt.music.no-doubt )
    • you always have to click some big section and you get a whole new set of options in a different frame, thats(SIC) usually on the other side of the screen. when you're there, you can choose from (in a section site stuff or something like that) link me, link you, links, top 10 links, free for all links, cliques , and webrings.

    Synonyms

    * coterie, ingroup, inner circle, camp

    Derived terms

    * clique number

    Related terms

    * cliquey

    Verb

    (cliqu)
  • To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot.

    • Usage notes

    * Often used in the form clique together .

    See also

    * ("clique" on Wikipedia) ----