League vs. Legion — What's the Difference?

An association of states, organizations, or individuals for common action; an alliance.

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

(Sports) An association of teams or clubs that compete chiefly among themselves. Also called loop1.

A large military unit trained for combat; an army.

A class or level of competition

A large number; a multitude.

A unit of distance equal to 3.0 statute miles (4.8 kilometers).

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

Any of various other units of about the same length.

Constituting a large number; multitudinous

A square league.

Numerous; vast; very great in number

To come together in or as if in a league.

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

To bring together in or as if in a league.

(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.

A group or association of cooperating members.

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

(sports) An organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship.

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

Ellipsis of rugby league

A large number of people; a multitude.

(negative polarity) A class or type of people or things that are evenly matched or on the same level.

(often plural) A great number.

A prefecture-level administrative unit in Inner Mongolia (Chinese: 盟).

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.

(military) An alliance or coalition.

(transitive) To form into legions.

(measurement) The distance that a person can walk in one hour, commonly taken to be approximately three English miles (about five kilometers).

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.

A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.

A military force; an army; military bands.

(ambitransitive) To form an association; to unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support.

A great number; a multitude.

A measure of length or distance, varying in different countries from about 2.4 to 4.6 English statute miles of 5,280 feet each, and used (as a land measure) chiefly on the continent of Europe, and in the Spanish parts of America. The marine league of England and the United States is equal to three marine, or geographical, miles of 6080 feet each.

A group of orders inferior to a class.

A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.

Archaic terms for army

An alliance or combination of two or more nations, parties, organizations, or persons, for the accomplishment of a purpose which requires a continued course of action, as for mutual defense, or for furtherance of commercial, religious, or political interests, etc.

Association of ex-servicemen;

An association of sports teams that establishes rules of play, decides questions of membership in the league, and organizes matches between the member teams. In some cases a sports league is called a conference, as in the National Football Conference.

A large military unit;

To unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support; to confederate.

A vast multitude

To join in a league; to cause to combine for a joint purpose; to combine; to unite; as, common interests will league heterogeneous elements.

An association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members

An association of states or organizations or individuals for common action

An obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles)

Unite to form a league