The difference between Incursion and Raid

When used as nouns, incursion means an aggressive movement into somewhere, whereas raid means a quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.


Raid is also verb with the meaning: to engage in a raid.

check bellow for the other definitions of Incursion and Raid

  1. Incursion as a noun:

    An aggressive movement into somewhere; an invasion.

  1. Raid as a noun (military):

    A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.

  2. Raid as a noun:

    An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering

    Examples:

    "a police raid of a narcotics factory"

    "a raid of contractors on the public treasury"

  3. Raid as a noun (sports):

    An attacking movement.

  4. Raid as a noun (Internet):

    An activity initiated at or towards the end of a live broadcast by the broadcaster that sends its viewers to a different broadcast, primarily intended to boost the viewership of the receiving broadcaster. This is frequently accompanied by a message in the form of a hashtag that is posted in the broadcast's chat by the viewers.

  5. Raid as a noun (online gaming):

    A large group in a massively multiplayer online game, consisting of multiple parties who team up to defeat a powerful enemy.

  1. Raid as a verb:

    To engage in a raid.

    Examples:

    "The police raided the gambling den."

    "The soldiers raided the village and burned it down."

  2. Raid as a verb:

    To lure from another; to entice away from

  3. Raid as a verb (archaic):

    To indulge oneself by taking from

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