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Troop vs. Soldier — What's the Difference?

Troop vs. Soldier — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Troop and Soldier

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Troop

A troop is a military sub-subunit, originally a small formation of cavalry, subordinate to a squadron. In many armies a troop is the equivalent element to the infantry section or platoon.

Soldier

A soldier is one who fights as part of a military. A soldier can be a conscripted or volunteer enlisted person, a non-commissioned officer, or an officer.

Troop

Soldiers or armed forces
UN peacekeeping troops
Troop cuts

Soldier

One who serves in an army.

Troop

A cavalry unit commanded by a captain.
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Soldier

An enlisted person or a noncommissioned officer.

Troop

A group of people or animals of a particular kind
A troop of musicians

Soldier

An active, loyal, or militant follower of an organization.

Troop

(of a group of people) come or go together or in large numbers
The girls trooped in for dinner

Soldier

A nonreproductive ant or termite that has a large head and powerful jaws.

Troop

A group of soldiers.

Soldier

One of a group of honeybees that swarm in defense of a hive.

Troop

Troops Military units; soldiers.

Soldier

To be or serve as a soldier.

Troop

A unit of cavalry, armored vehicles, or artillery in a European army, corresponding to a platoon in the US Army.

Soldier

To make a show of working in order to escape punishment.

Troop

A unit of at least five Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts under the guidance of an adult leader.

Soldier

A member of a ground-based army, of any rank, but especially an enlisted member.

Troop

A group or company of people, animals, or things.

Soldier

An enlisted member of a military service, as distinguished from a commissioned officer.

Troop

To move or go as a group or in large numbers
The students trooped into the auditorium.

Soldier

A guardsman.

Troop

(collective) A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general).

Soldier

A member of the Salvation Army.

Troop

(military) A small unit of cavalry or armour commanded by a captain, corresponding to a platoon or company of infantry.

Soldier

A low-ranking gangster or member of a gang, especially the mafia, who engages in physical conflict.

Troop

A detachment of soldiers or police, especially horse artillery, armour, or state troopers.

Soldier

A piece of buttered bread (or toast), cut into a long thin strip for dipping into a soft-boiled egg.

Troop

A group of soldiers; military forces.

Soldier

A term of approbation for a young boy.

Troop

(nonstandard) An individual soldier or member of a military force.

Soldier

Someone who fights or toils well.

Troop

(nonstandard) A company of actors; a troupe.

Soldier

The red or cuckoo gurnard (Chelidonichthys cuculus).

Troop

(Scouting) A chapter of a national girl or boy scouts organization, consisting of one or more patrols of 6 to 8 youngsters each.

Soldier

One of the asexual polymorphic forms of termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest.

Troop

(collective) A group of baboons.

Soldier

A red herring cured kipper with flesh turned red.

Troop

A group of meerkat families living together.

Soldier

(intransitive) To continue steadfast; to keep striving.

Troop

A particular roll of the drum; a quick march.

Soldier

(intransitive) To serve as a soldier.

Troop

(mycology) Mushrooms that are in a close group but not close enough to be called a cluster.

Soldier

(intransitive) To intentionally restrict labor productivity; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.

Troop

To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops.

Soldier

To take a ride on (another person's horse) without permission.

Troop

To march on; to go forward in haste.

Soldier

One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized body of combatants.
I am a soldier and unapt to weep.

Troop

To move or march as if in a crowd.
The children trooped into the room.

Soldier

Especially, a private in military service, as distinguished from an officer.
It were meet that any one, before he came to be a captain, should have been a soldier.

Troop

A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude.
That which should accompany old age -As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends -I must not look to have.

Soldier

A brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill, or a man of distinguished valor; - used by way of emphasis or distinction.

Troop

Soldiers, collectively; an army; - now generally used in the plural.
Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars.
His troops moved to victory with the precision of machines.

Soldier

The red or cuckoo gurnard (Trigla pini.

Troop

Specifically, a small body of cavalry, light horse, or dragoons, consisting usually of about sixty men, commanded by a captain; the unit of formation of cavalry, corresponding to the company in infantry. Formerly, also, a company of horse artillery; a battery.

Soldier

One of the asexual polymorphic forms of white ants, or termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest. See Termite.

Troop

A company of stageplayers; a troupe.

Soldier

To serve as a soldier.

Troop

A particular roll of the drum; a quick march.

Soldier

To make a pretense of doing something, or of performing any task.
It needs an opera glass to discover whether the leaders are pulling, or only soldiering.

Troop

See Boy scout, above.

Soldier

An enlisted man or woman who serves in an army;
The soldiers stood at attention

Troop

To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops.

Soldier

A wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony

Troop

To march on; to go forward in haste.
Nor do I, as an enemy to peace,Troop in the throngs of military men.

Soldier

Serve as a soldier in the military

Troop

A group of soldiers

Troop

A cavalry unit corresponding to an infantry company

Troop

A unit of girl or boy scouts

Troop

An orderly crowd;
A troop of children

Troop

March in a procession;
The veterans paraded down the street

Troop

Move or march as if in a crowd;
They children trooped into the room

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