troop vs troupe
Definitions
noun
- a group of soldiers
- a unit of Girl or Boy Scouts
- an orderly crowd
- a cavalry unit corresponding to an infantry company
verb
- move or march as if in a crowd
- march in a procession
Examples
And the vervet monkey, Larry, they're in troops of 50 to 100 to 200.
In June 2004, the Post Exchange here was mortared, killing two Soldiers and wounding more than a dozen additional troops.
Initially von Leeb, using troops borrowed from von Bock, was able to mount a concerted attack both on the defensive positions of the southern suburbs and the area north of the main rail line to Moscow, their objective being the historic village now a suburb of Schlüsselburg, right on Lake Ladoga.
Definitions
noun
- organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical)
Examples
She even formed an American touring troupe with the distinguished George Washington Smith, America's first, and aptly named, premier danseur, who taught ballet in Philadelphia until his death in 1899.
I straightened and jumped back just as a sextet of black-and-white CinSims trouped in, fresh from the film and the farm.
I admire your fortitude, but there's a fine line between being a trouper and recklessness.
