The difference between Cohort and Legion

When used as nouns, cohort means a group of people supporting the same thing or person, whereas legion means the major unit or division of the roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.

Legion is also verb with the meaning: to form into legions.

Legion is also adjective with the meaning: numerous.

check bellow for the other definitions of Cohort and Legion

  1. Cohort as a noun:

    A group of people supporting the same thing or person.

  2. Cohort as a noun (statistics):

    A demographic grouping of people, especially those in a defined age group, or having a common characteristic.

    Examples:

    "The 18-24 cohort shows a sharp increase in automobile fatalities over the proximate age groupings."

  3. Cohort as a noun (historical, Ancient Rome, military):

    Any division of a Roman legion, normally of about 500 men.

    Examples:

    "Three cohorts of men were assigned to the region."

  4. Cohort as a noun:

    An accomplice; abettor; associate.

    Examples:

    "He was able to plea down his sentence by revealing the names of three of his cohorts, as well as the source of the information."

  5. Cohort as a noun:

    Any band or body of warriors.

  6. Cohort as a noun (taxonomy):

    A natural group of orders of organisms, less comprehensive than a class.

  7. Cohort as a noun:

    A colleague.

  8. Cohort as a noun:

    A set of individuals in a program, especially when compared to previous sets of individuals within the same program.

    Examples:

    "The students in my cohort for my organic chemistry class this year are not [[up to snuff]]. Last year's cohort scored much higher averages on the mid-term."

  1. Legion as an adjective:

    Numerous; vast; very great in number

    Examples:

    "Russia’s labor and capital resources are woefully inadequate to overcome the state’s needs and vulnerabilities, which are legion."

    "synonyms: multitudinous numerous"

  1. Legion as a noun (military, Ancient Rome):

    The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.

  2. Legion as a noun (military, obsolete):

    a combined arms major military unit featuring cavalry, infantry, and artillery

  3. Legion as a noun (military):

    A large military or semi-military unit trained for combat; any military force; an army, regiment; an armed, organized and assembled militia.

  4. Legion as a noun (often '''Legion''' or '''the Legion'''):

    A national organization or association of former servicemen, such as the .

  5. Legion as a noun:

    A large number of people; a multitude.

  6. Legion as a noun (often plural):

    A great number.

  7. Legion as a noun (dated, taxonomy):

    A group of orders inferior to a class; in scientific classification, a term occasionally used to express an assemblage of objects intermediate between an order and a class.

  1. Legion as a verb (transitive):

    To form into legions.

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