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Troop vs Procession - What's the difference?

troop | procession |

As nouns the difference between troop and procession

is that troop is a collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude while procession is the act of progressing or proceeding.

As verbs the difference between troop and procession

is that troop is to move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops while procession is to take part in a procession.

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

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    See also

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    Anagrams

    * English collective nouns ----

    procession

    English

    (wikipedia procession)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of progressing or proceeding.
    • (Bishop Pearson)
  • * Trench
    • That the procession of their life might be / More equable, majestic, pure, and free.
  • A group of people or things moving along in an orderly, stately, or solemn manner; a train of persons advancing in order; a retinue.
    • a procession''' of mourners; the Lord Mayor's '''procession
  • * Shakespeare
    • the townsmen on procession
  • A number of things happening in sequence (in space or in time).
  • (ecclesiastical, obsolete, in the plural) Litanies which were said in procession and not kneeling.
    • (Shipley)

    Derived terms

    * proceed * process * processional

    Related terms

    * procedure

    See also

    * march-past * fly-past * cavalcade * motorcade * -cade * cortege * parade

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To take part in a procession
  • (dated) To honour with a procession.
  • (transitive, legal, US, North Carolina and Tennessee) To ascertain, mark, and establish the boundary lines of (lands).
  • * Burrill
    • To procession the lands of such persons as desire it.

    Synonyms

    * process

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