Conscription vs. Levy
Difference Between Conscription and Levy
Conscriptionnoun
Involuntary labor, especially military service, demanded by some established authority.
Levyverb
To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.
to levy a taxConscriptionnoun
An enrolling or registering.
Levyverb
To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority.
Conscriptionnoun
compulsory military service
Levyverb
To draft someone into military service.
Levyverb
To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription. etc.
Levyverb
To wage war.
Levyverb
To raise, as a siege.
Levyverb
(legal) To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up.
to levy a mill, dike, ditch, a nuisance, etc.Levynoun
The act of levying.
Levynoun
The tax, property or people so levied.
Levynoun
The Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar, valued at elevenpence when the dollar was rated at seven shillings and sixpence.
Levynoun
a charge imposed and collected
Levynoun
the act of drafting into military service
Levyverb
impose and collect;
levy a fineLevyverb
cause to assemble or enlist in the military;
raise an armyrecruit new soldiers
