Command and General

Command

Command verb - To issue orders to (someone) by right of authority.

General and command are semantically related. In some cases you can use "General" instead a noun "Command".

General

General verb - Command as a general.
Usage example: We are generaled by an incompetent!

Command and general are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Command" instead the word "General" as a noun or a verb.

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Kelly's Heroes Then we cut to the Allied command and General Colt in his bathrobe, then three members of the squad die in a minefield, and so on.
  • Film / Twelve O'Clock High General Frank Savage (Peck) relieves Davenport of command and takes command of the 918th himself.
  • Useful Notes / The American Civil War Ironically, the top-ranking general of the Confederate Army was its Adjutant-General, Samuel Cooper, who never held a field command during the war.
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