Army vs. Legion — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Army and Legion
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Army
An army (from Latin arma "arms, weapons" via Old French armée, "armed" [feminine]), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on land. In the broadest sense, it is the land-based military branch, service branch or armed service of a nation or state.
Legion
The major unit of the Roman army consisting of 3,000 to 6,000 infantry troops and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.
Army
A large body of people organized and trained for land warfare.
Legion
A large military unit trained for combat; an army.
Army
Often Army The entire military land forces of a country.
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Legion
A large number; a multitude.
Army
A tactical and administrative military unit consisting of a headquarters, two or more corps, and auxiliary forces.
Legion
Often Legion A national organization of former members of the armed forces.
Army
A large group of people or things, especially when organized for a specific cause or purpose
The construction army that built the Panama Canal.
A banquet with an army of waiters.
Legion
Constituting a large number; multitudinous
Her admirers were legion. His mistakes were legion.
Army
A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.
The army was sent in to quell the uprising.
Legion
Numerous; vast; very great in number
Russia’s labor and capital resources are woefully inadequate to overcome the state’s needs and vulnerabilities, which are legion.
Dissatisfied customers and their legion complaints
Army
Used absolutely for that entire branch of the armed forces.
The army received a bigger share of this year's budget increase than the navy or air force.
Legion
The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.
Army
(often capitalized) Within a vast military, a very large tactical contingent (e.g. a number of divisions).
The Fourth Army suffered such losses that its remainders were merged into the Second Army, also deployed on the Western front.
Legion
(military) A combined arms major military unit featuring cavalry, infantry, and artillery, including historical units such as the British Legion, and present-day units such as the Spanish Legion and the French Foreign Legion.
Army
The governmental agency in charge of a state's army.
The army opposed the legislature's involvement.
Legion
(military) A large military or semi-military unit trained for combat; any military force; an army, regiment; an armed, organized and assembled militia.
Army
(figuratively) A large group of people working toward the same purpose.
It took an army of accountants to uncover the fraud.
On sunny days the beaches draw armies of tourists of all kinds.
Legion
(often Legion or the Legion) A national organization or association of former servicemen, such as the American Legion.
Army
(figuratively) A large group of social animals working toward the same purpose.
Our house is being attacked by an army of ants.
Legion
A large number of people; a multitude.
Army
(figuratively) Any multitude.
There was an army of construction cranes working on building the skyscraper.
Legion
(often plural) A great number.
Army
The military as a whole.
The People's Liberation Army Navy of China.
The Yugoslav Army consisted of the Navy, Ground Forces, and Air Force.
Iran's army consists of the Navy, Ground Forces, and Air Force.
Legion
A group of orders inferior to a class; in scientific classification, a term occasionally used to express an assemblage of objects intermediate between an order and a class.
Army
A collection or body of men armed for war, esp. one organized in companies, battalions, regiments, brigades, and divisions, under proper officers.
Legion
(transitive) To form into legions.
Army
A body of persons organized for the advancement of a cause; as, the Blue Ribbon Army.
Legion
A body of foot soldiers and cavalry consisting of different numbers at different periods, - from about four thousand to about six thousand men, - the cavalry being about one tenth.
Army
A great number; a vast multitude; a host.
An army of good words.
Legion
A military force; an army; military bands.
Army
A permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state
Legion
A great number; a multitude.
Where one sin has entered, legions will force their way through the same breach.
Army
A large number of people united for some specific purpose
Legion
A group of orders inferior to a class.
Legion
Archaic terms for army
Legion
Association of ex-servicemen;
The American Legion
Legion
A large military unit;
The French Foreign Legion
Legion
A vast multitude
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