battalion vs squad

battalion

noun
  • An army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters. Traditionally forming part of a regiment. 

  • Any large body of troops. 

  • A great number of things. 

  • an army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters; forming part of a brigade. 

verb
  • To form into battalions. 

squad

noun
  • A unit of tactical military personnel, or of police officers, usually of about ten members. 

  • Sloppy mud. 

  • One's friend group, taken collectively; one's peeps. 

  • A group of potential players from whom a starting team and substitutes are chosen. 

  • A collective noun for a group of squid. 

verb
  • To act as part of, or on behalf of, a squad. 

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