Order
Order noun - The way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another.
Rout
Rout noun - A great number of persons or creatures massed together.
How words are described
| full | full order | full rout |
| complete | complete order | complete rout |
| simple | simple order | simple rout |
| general | general order | general rout |
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Their troops will still attack without him, and you have to kill/rout the rest of them in order to win.
Source: Video Game / Mount & Blade -
When the Dabogans manage to successfully rout the invading forces, the Earth Alliance fleet admiral order the planet thoroughly nuked as a lesson to the other colonies, sparking a decades-long Galactic War.
Source: Fighting for a Homeland -
Not that the pasties leave much to the imagination anyway... Monumental Battle: The Nazis transform nearly every prominent Parisian landmark into a base of some form; and in order to inspire the areas nearby, Sean must rout the Nazis from them.
Source: Video Game / The Saboteur
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Rout and Order. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/order/rout
Order & Rout. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/order/rout>.
Rout or Order. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/order/rout.
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