Difference between Foot and Infantry

What is the difference between Foot and Infantry?

Foot as a noun is a biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg. while Infantry as a noun is soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry and other mounted units, regardless of external transport (e.g. airborne).

Foot

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To use the foot to kick (usually a ball). To pay (a bill). To parse into metrical feet.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg. Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking. Travel by walking. The base or bottom of anything. The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest. The end of a rectangular table opposite the head. A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it. A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres. Foot soldiers; infantry. The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting. The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward. The bottommost part of a typed or printed page. The basic measure of rhythm in a poem. The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads. The bottom edge of a sail. The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked. The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc by which it moves or holds its position on a surface. The globular lower domain of a protein. The foot of a line perpendicular to a given line is the point where the lines intersect.

Example sentence: The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land.

Infantry

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry and other mounted units, regardless of external transport (e.g. airborne).The part of an army consisting of infantry soldiers, especially opposed to mounted and technical troopsA regiment of infantry

Example sentence: I fought as an infantry Marine on one of the Vietnam War's harshest battlefields. After leaving the Marine Corps, I studied law and found a fulfilling career as an author and journalist. But again and again, I came back to the personal fulfillment that can only come from public service.

We hope you now know whether to use Foot or Infantry in your sentence.

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