Brigade and Division

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Brigade

Brigade noun - A group of people working together on a task.

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Division is a synonym for brigade in unit topic. In some cases you can use "Division" instead a noun "Brigade", when it comes to topics like corps, army.

Nearby Word: brigadier

Division

Division noun - Something that divides, separates, or marks off.

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Brigade is a synonym for division in army topic. You can use "Brigade" instead a noun "Division".

Nearby Words: divide, divided, dividing, divisive, divisional

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full	full brigade	full division
similar	similar brigade	similar division
certain	certain brigade	certain division
rival	rival brigade	rival division
Other adjectives: entire, real, large, main, international, local.

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An excellent brigade and division commander, he was merely competent at the corps level and performed poorly while in command of an army.

Source: The Peter Principle
The Dirlewanger brigade/division does not really qualify as 'elite' while cannon fodder it might be.

Source: Surprisingly Elite Cannon Fodder
The three "Riflemen" or IV or twenty of V (or one of III) are all taken to represent a division or a brigade of rifles, and ditto with the cavalry and tanks, and a single "Jet Fighter" is understood to be a squadron or wing of planes.

Source: Units Not to Scale

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