Group and Platoon

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Group noun - A usually small number of persons considered as a unit.

Usage example: the next tour group was being seated for dinner

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Platoon is a synonym for group in number of individuals collectively topic. In some cases you can use "Platoon" instead a noun "Group".

Nearby Words: grouping, grouped, groupment

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

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Group is a synonym for platoon in unit topic. You can use "Group" instead a noun "Platoon", if it concerns topics such as squad.

old	old group	old platoon
full	full group	full platoon
elite	elite group	elite platoon
certain	certain group	certain platoon
Other adjectives: current, original, single, small, actual, entire, large, huge, bad, main, new, military, titular, last.

Good Is Not Nice: The platoon fractures into an idealist group loyal to Elias and a survivalist group loyal to Barnes.

Source: Film / Platoon
Tanks are not supposed to travel alone out in the open without support from another group such as the air force or infantry, even if they are in a platoon.

Source: Film / Fury (2014)
Colonel Badass: Hal Moore Combat Breakdown: One engagement between the Lost Platoon and a group of North Vietnamese soldiers devolves to a desperate brawl, with one American soldier beating a Vietnamese troop to death with a helmet.

Source: Film / We Were Soldiers

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