What's the difference between insignia and regalia?

Insignia


Definition:

  • (n. pl.) Distinguishing marks of authority, office, or honor; badges; tokens; decorations; as, the insignia of royalty or of an order.
  • (n. pl.) Typical and characteristic marks or signs, by which anything is known or distinguished; as, the insignia of a trade.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Roberts can't really explain why Wu Lyf's lyrics are full of neo-biblical imagery – all blood and fire and crowns – nor why one of their main insignia is a cross, but he does admit that he got suspended from secondary school for putting a picture of Ho Chi Minh's face on Christ's body.
  • (2) Now, I agree with Bridget that ruling out someone for wearing Nazi insignia is a good rule of thumb.
  • (3) He said the appearance of men carrying Russian weapons and wearing uniforms without insignia was a "grave development" and called on Russia to pull back its troops from Ukraine's border.
  • (4) If Mendelsohn is playing Tarkin, his Imperial-rank insignia and uniform are both subtly different to those sported by Cushing, though it’s possible the character simply picked up a promotion or two somewhere along the way.
  • (5) The Corps was created as a uniformed nonmilitary service with a distinct uniform, insignia, and with titles, pay, and retirement protocols that corresponded to those of the uniformed military services (the Armed Forces).
  • (6) Miriam Dagher, 53, from Qaraqosh, said churches in the city had already been torched and religious insignia smashed.
  • (7) While these units wear uniforms without insignia, they drive vehicles with Russian military license plates and freely identify themselves as Russian security forces when asked by the international media and the Ukrainian military.
  • (8) The school’s insignia features the Christian cross and a Latin motto translated as “learning and faith.” Reactions to the change in plans Thursday afternoon ranged from disappointment to ambivalence.
  • (9) The US state department said the pro-Russian operations over the weekend were highly organised and "planned in advance" with militants "outfitted in bullet-proof vests and camouflage uniforms with insignia removed and carrying Russian-origin weapons".
  • (10) Uefa has charged the Serbian and Albanian Football Associations after the brawl involving players, supporters and stewards was sparked by a drone carrying the insignia of so-called “Greater Albania”, with the governing body expected to enforce heavy sanctions.
  • (11) In an attempt to prove this, they scraped off part of the pyramid’s cartouche – the insignia that denotes for whom the pyramid was built – and took it back to Germany for testing.
  • (12) Moscow has denied it is behind the co-ordinated operation by gangs wearing uniforms without insignia, but Britain said Russia would be assumed to be complicit unless it condemned the actions.
  • (13) Hodgson had arrived in a Vauxhall Insignia and, to even louder groans, he was asked whether the squad amounted to a sports car or a family saloon.
  • (14) Parts of the downed F-117 wreckage, such as the left wing with US Air Force insignia, the cockpit canopy, ejection seat, pilot's helmet and radio, are exhibited at Belgrade's aviation museum.
  • (15) It is clear that some militiamen are locals, while others, in green uniforms but without insignia, are better armed and more disciplined – and similar to the forces that were deployed before Russia's annexation of the Crimea last month.
  • (16) Heavily-armed troops displaying no identifying insignia and local pro-Russian militants stand guard outside a local government building in Simferopol, Ukraine on 2 March, 2014.
  • (17) Putin denies that the men guarding Ukrainian military installations around the Crimea are Russian soldiers, despite the uniforms without insignia that resemble Russian military uniforms: The post-Soviet space is full of such uniforms ...
  • (18) The Uefa president Michel Platini said he was deeply saddened by the scenes, which were sparked when a drone carrying a flag bearing a “Greater Albania” insignia was flown over the stadium, leading to the match being abandoned after 40 minutes.
  • (19) Photograph: Hadley Freeman Everyone is just so damn excited to be there, including the celebrities, to the point that taking frequent selfies in front of the Oscars insignia seems almost obligatory.
  • (20) Despite the group claiming on screen that they are not neo-Nazis, but rather upholding a moral obligation to rid Russia of paedophiles (whom they conflate with homosexuals), the VK pages of Occupy Paedophilia and other similar groups are littered with Nazi insignia.

Regalia


Definition:

  • (n. pl.) That which belongs to royalty. Specifically: (a) The rights and prerogatives of a king. (b) Royal estates and revenues. (c) Ensings, symbols, or paraphernalia of royalty.
  • (n. pl.) Hence, decorations or insignia of an office or order, as of Freemasons, Odd Fellows,etc.
  • (n. pl.) Sumptuous food; delicacies.
  • (n.) A kind of cigar of large size and superior quality; also, the size in which such cigars are classed.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Tendi estimated rally turnouts at 15-20,000 people, with free regalia and food suggesting Zanu-PF has more cash than last time.
  • (2) Good for a laugh, waving pistols, sporting first world war military regalia, delivering bloodcurdling speeches to anyone who would listen.
  • (3) Irrespective of the unsavoury nature of Terre'Blanche's racialised ideology and approximation of Nazi regalia, South Africa's constitution , arguably the most liberal document in the world, provided explicitly for a political space for dissidents and dinosaurs.
  • (4) Her role hasn't been announced, but she's in 60s hippie regalia : a purple flower dress and sandals.
  • (5) The liveliest are the wholesale spice market of Khari Baoli, the jewellery market of Dariba Kalan, and Kinari Bazaar, the dazzling wedding regalia market.
  • (6) Yunupingu thanked the delegation for making the journey to Gulkula in full academic regalia.
  • (7) We must have seemed as odd to them as they did to us, in their Nazi regalia, dancing in formation like dummies.
  • (8) An archbishop announced to the crowd that the funeral would be held in three days' and in the meantime Shenouda's body would be put on display in the cathedral, sitting in the Mar Morqos or St Mark throne from which the pope in his elaborate regalia traditionally oversaw services.
  • (9) Maybe it’s time to let go of it, look forward and see what we can find.” Goat have also found themselves having to bat away accusations that wearing increasingly extravagant tribal regalia is, at best, cultural appropriation and, at worst, a kind of cosmic minstrelism.
  • (10) His wife Grace wore similar party regalia, but her dress bore two large portraits of the president.
  • (11) Less than an hour after Mandela's death was announced, however, ANC supporters in party colours and regalia were among those rallying outside his house singing liberation-era songs .
  • (12) The marchers themselves were decked out in full regalia, with white gloves, buttons and braiding.
  • (13) Shenouda's body lay in a white casket in the elaborate regalia he traditionally wore to oversee services, complete with an ornate golden crown.
  • (14) A particular scene that will no doubt cross the sex divide is that of Maya Rudolph , as a bride-to-be in full wedding regalia, suffering an acute case of food poisoning in the middle of the road.
  • (15) Colin Ashford, who makes cufflinks, medals and regalia for Freemasons, in a Victorian workshop, doubted the government's figures on jobs and growth.
  • (16) In front of small crowd of assembled onlookers in front of the historic Fraunces Tavern and accompanied by a fife-and-drum quartet decked out in full colonial regalia, city officials ushered in the event with a brief set of remarks.
  • (17) Wearing black and yellow regalia, the king was sworn in after inspecting a military honour guard and receiving a 21-gun salute at parliament.
  • (18) The full regalia, including the horsemen’s nagaika leather whip, costs around $100.
  • (19) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Prince of Wales dressed in his investiture regalia in 1969.
  • (20) A big demonstration was held in front of the federal courthouse, with drummers, Aztec dancers in feathered regalia, people holding signs, and a TV station interviewing Nieto’s friend Benjamin Bac Sierra.