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Cohort vs. Legion — What's the Difference?

Cohort vs. Legion — What's the Difference?

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Cohort

An ancient Roman military unit, comprising six centuries, equal to one tenth of a legion.

Legion

The major unit of the Roman army consisting of 3,000 to 6,000 infantry troops and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.

Cohort

A group of people with a shared characteristic
A cohort of civil servants patiently drafting legislation

Legion

A large military unit trained for combat; an army.

Cohort

A supporter or companion
Young Jack arrived with three of his cohorts
A long-time cohort of the band
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Legion

A large number; a multitude.

Cohort

A group or band of people.

Legion

Often Legion A national organization of former members of the armed forces.

Cohort

A companion or associate.

Legion

Constituting a large number; multitudinous
Her admirers were legion. His mistakes were legion.

Cohort

A generational group as defined in demographics, statistics, or market research
“The cohort of people aged 30 to 39 ... were more conservative” (American Demographics).

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

Cohort

One of the 10 divisions of a Roman legion, consisting of 300 to 600 men.

Legion

The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.

Cohort

A group of soldiers.

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.

Cohort

A group of people supporting the same thing or person.

Legion

(military) A large military or semi-military unit trained for combat; any military force; an army, regiment; an armed, organized and assembled militia.

Cohort

(statistics) A demographic grouping of people, especially those in a defined age group, or having a common characteristic.
The 18-24 cohort shows a sharp increase in automobile fatalities over the proximate age groupings.

Legion

(often Legion or the Legion) A national organization or association of former servicemen, such as the American Legion.

Cohort

Any division of a Roman legion, normally of about 500 or 600 men (equalling about six centuries).
Three cohorts of men were assigned to the region.

Legion

A large number of people; a multitude.

Cohort

An accomplice; abettor; associate.
He was able to plea down his sentence by revealing the names of three of his cohorts, as well as the source of the information.

Legion

(often plural) A great number.

Cohort

Any band or body of warriors.

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.

Cohort

(taxonomy) A natural group of orders of organisms, less comprehensive than a class.

Legion

(transitive) To form into legions.

Cohort

A colleague.

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.

Cohort

A set of individuals in a program, especially when compared to previous sets of individuals within the same program.
The students in my cohort for my organic chemistry class this year are not up to snuff. Last year's cohort scored much higher averages on the mid-term.

Legion

A military force; an army; military bands.

Cohort

To associate with such a group

Legion

A great number; a multitude.
Where one sin has entered, legions will force their way through the same breach.

Cohort

A body of about five or six hundred soldiers; the tenth part of a legion.

Legion

A group of orders inferior to a class.

Cohort

Any band or body of warriors.
With him the cohort brightOf watchful cherubim.

Legion

Archaic terms for army

Cohort

A natural group of orders of plants, less comprehensive than a class.

Legion

Association of ex-servicemen;
The American Legion

Cohort

A company of companions or supporters

Legion

A large military unit;
The French Foreign Legion

Cohort

A band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion)

Legion

A vast multitude

Cohort

A group people having approximately the same age

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