corps vs section

corps

noun
  • An organized group of people united by a common purpose. 

  • A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions. 

section

noun
  • A group of 10-15 soldiers led by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon. 

  • The symbol §, denoting a section of a document. 

  • An informal taxonomic rank below the order ranks and above the family ranks. 

  • A piece of residential land; a plot. 

  • Synonym of square mile, a unit of land area, especially in the contexts of Canadan surveys and (historical) American land grants. 

  • A sequence of rock layers. 

  • A thin slice of material prepared as a specimen for research. 

  • A class in a school; a group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher in a certain school year or semester or school quarter year. 

  • A right inverse. 

  • A cross-section perpendicular the longitudinal axis of an aircraft in flight. 

  • A group of instruments in an orchestra. 

  • An act or instance of cutting. 

  • A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something. 

  • A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane). 

  • An incision or the act of making an incision. 

  • A taxonomic rank below the genus (and subgenus if present), but above the species. 

  • A part of a document, especially a major part; often notated with §. 

  • A part, piece, subdivision of anything. 

verb
  • To reduce to the degree of thinness required for study with the microscope. 

  • To perform a cesarean section on (someone). 

  • To commit (a person, to a hospital, with or without their consent), as for mental health reasons. So called after various sections of legal acts regarding mental health. 

  • To cut, divide or separate into pieces. 

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