Cavalry vs. Infantry
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Difference Between Cavalry and Infantry
Cavalrynoun
The military arm of service that fights while riding horses.
Infantrynoun
Soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry and other mounted units, regardless of external transport (e.g. airborne).
Cavalrynoun
An individual unit of the cavalry arm of service.
Infantrynoun
(uncountable) The part of an army consisting of infantry soldiers, especially opposed to mounted and technical troops
Cavalrynoun
The branch of the military transported by fast light vehicles, also known as mechanized cavalry.
Infantrynoun
A regiment of infantry
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Cavalrynoun
troops trained to fight on horseback;
500 horse led the attackInfantrynoun
an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot;
there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed footCavalrynoun
a highly mobile army unit
