different between troop vs clique
troop
English
Etymology
Attested in English since 1545, from French troupe (back-formation of troupeau, diminutive of Medieval Latin troppus "flock") and Middle French trouppe (from Old French trope (“band, company, troop”)), both of Germanic origin from Frankish *thorp (“assembly, gathering”), from Proto-Germanic *þurp? (“village, land, estate”), from Proto-Indo-European *treb- (“dwelling, settlement”). Doublet of troupe, and possibly also of thorp and dorp.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /t?u?p/
- (US) IPA(key): /t?up/
- Rhymes: -u?p
- Homophone: troupe
Noun
troop (plural troops)
- (collective) A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general).
- (military) A small unit of cavalry or armour commanded by a captain, corresponding to a platoon or company of infantry.
- A detachment of soldiers or police, especially horse artillery, armour, or state troopers.
- (chiefly in the plural) A group of soldiers; military forces.
- (nonstandard) A company of actors; a troupe.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of W. Coxe to this entry?)
- (Scouting) A chapter of a national girl or boy scouts organization, consisting of one or more patrols of 6 to 8 youngsters each.
- Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell (1920) Aids To Scoutmastership?[1], page 6: “It is the Patrol System that makes the Troop, and all Scouting for that matter, a real co-operative effort.”
- (collective) A group of baboons.
- A particular roll of the drum; a quick march.
- (mycology) Mushrooms that are in a close group but not close enough to be called a cluster.
Derived terms
- troop carrier
- trooper
- troop horse
- troopship
- troop train
Translations
Verb
troop (third-person singular simple present troops, present participle trooping, simple past and past participle trooped)
- To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops.
- To march on; to go forward in haste.
- To move or march as if in a crowd.
Derived terms
- troop the colour (British, military)
Translations
See also
- Appendix:English collective nouns
References
- “troop” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “troop”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- Porto, Proto, porto, porto-, proot, proto, proto-, tropo, tropo-
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
troop f (plural tropen, diminutive troopje n)
- (music, literature, linguistics) trope
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clique
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French clique, ultimately of imitative origin. Influenced by "claque", though this may have happened in French rather than in English.
Pronunciation
- (UK)
- IPA(key): /kli?k/
- Rhymes: -i?k
- IPA(key): /kli?k/
- (US)
- IPA(key): /kli?k/
- Rhymes: -i?k
- IPA(key): /?kl?k/
- Homophones: click, klick
- Rhymes: -?k
- IPA(key): /kli?k/
Noun
clique (plural cliques)
- A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually according to lifestyle or social status; a cabal.
- This school used to be really friendly, but now everyone keeps to their own cliques.
- 1931, Dorothy L. Sayers, The Five Red Herrings
- There had been talk of some disagreement about a picture, but in Sir Maxwell's experience, artists frequently disagreed about pictures, with no more consequences than a little cold-shouldering or the formation of a clique.
- (graph theory) A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph.
- The problem of finding the largest clique in an arbitrary graph is NP-complete.
- (Internet) A group of related web sites that link to each other, like a webring but with exclusive membership determined by the clique owner.
- 1999, "Jackie", someone help me out? (on newsgroup alt.fan.leo-dicaprio)
- Does anyone know what an internet clique is/does? I came across a few and am thoroughly confused.
- 2000, "- deanna -", ot: hiya (on newsgroup alt.fan.backstreet.boys)
- even though we're not "regulars" anymore...*sniffle*...we still can't forget the NG...i always tell new fans about it...(people who join my clique, etc...)...and besides...i owe the NG a LOT...itz where i met my best friend...
- 2001, "spee2k", future no doubt website.... (on newsgroup alt.music.no-doubt)
- you always have to click some big section and you get a whole new set of options in a different frame, thats[sic] usually on the other side of the screen. when you're there, you can choose from (in a section site stuff or something like that) link me, link you, links, top 10 links, free for all links, cliques, and webrings.
- 1999, "Jackie", someone help me out? (on newsgroup alt.fan.leo-dicaprio)
Synonyms
- (small, exclusive group): coterie, ingroup, inner circle, camp
Derived terms
Related terms
- cliquey
Translations
Verb
clique (third-person singular simple present cliques, present participle cliquing, simple past and past participle cliqued)
- (intransitive) To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot.
Usage notes
- Often used in the form clique together.
See also
- clique on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowing from French clique.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klik/
- Hyphenation: cli?que
- Rhymes: -ik
Noun
clique f (plural cliques)
- Alternative spelling of kliek (“clique, coterie”).
- (graph theory) clique, subgraph
French
Etymology
Old French cliquer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klik/
- Homophones: clic, clics, cliquent, cliques
- Rhymes: -ik
Noun
clique f (plural cliques)
- clique
Derived terms
- prendre ses cliques et ses claques
Descendants
Verb
clique
- first-person singular present indicative of cliquer
- third-person singular present indicative of cliquer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of cliquer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of cliquer
- second-person singular imperative of cliquer
Further reading
- “clique” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French clique.
Noun
clique m (plural cliques)
- clique (small, exclusive group of people)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English click.
Noun
clique m (plural cliques)
- click (sharp sound)
- (phonetics) (click)
- click (the act of pressing a button)
- light-bulb moment
Verb
clique
first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of clicar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of clicar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of clicar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of clicar
References
Spanish
Verb
clique
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of clicar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of clicar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of clicar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of clicar.
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