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Troop vs Rehat - What's the difference?

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In military|lang=en terms the difference between troop and rehat

is that troop is (military) a small unit of cavalry or armour commanded by a captain, corresponding to a platoon or company of infantry while rehat is (military) to redeploy troops with different hats, uniforms, etc.

As verbs the difference between troop and rehat

is that troop is to move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops while rehat is (military) to redeploy troops with different hats, uniforms, etc.

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)

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    rehat

    English

    Verb

    (rehatt)
  • (military) To redeploy troops with different hats, uniforms, etc.
  • * 2006 , William J Durch, Twenty-first-century peace operations
    • The 6000-strong force was to have six infantry battalions, four being rehatted ECOMOG units already serving in Sierra Leone and two coming from Kenya
  • * 2007 , Yearbook of the United Nations 2005
    • Aho takes note of the deficiencies in the contingent-owned equipment of rehatted troops, and requests the Secretary-General to review options

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