Conscription vs. Enlistment: What's the Difference?

Compulsory enrollment, especially for the armed forces; draft.

To engage (persons or a person) for service in the armed forces.

A monetary payment exacted by a government in wartime.

To engage the support or cooperation of.

Involuntary labor, especially military service, demanded by some established authority.

To enter the armed forces, especially by choice.

An enrolling or registering.

To participate actively in a cause or enterprise.

An enrolling or registering.

The act of enlisting.

A compulsory enrollment of men for military or naval service; a draft.

Voluntary service based on an individual's desire to serve a cause.

Belonging to, or of the nature of, a conspiration.

The act or enlisting, or the state of being enlisted; voluntary enrollment to serve as a soldier or a sailor.

Compulsory military service

The writing by which an enlisted man is bound.

A period of time spent in military service