What's the difference between reconnaissance and scout?

Reconnaissance


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of reconnoitering; preliminary examination or survey.
  • (n.) An examination or survey of a region in reference to its general geological character.
  • (n.) An examination of a region as to its general natural features, preparatory to a more particular survey for the purposes of triangulation, or of determining the location of a public work.
  • (n.) An examination of a territory, or of an enemy's position, for the purpose of obtaining information necessary for directing military operations; a preparatory expedition.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Those figures are based on calculations recently made using images from Nasa's lunar reconnaissance orbiter cameras that reveal Lunokhod 2's tracks, the US space agency said.
  • (2) The technique holds essentially to the reconnaissance of these types of fibers in fragments or pellicles of said specimens, stained by the methods of Azan and Weigert-Moore, modified, without needing to take succour in histologic methodology applicable to other preparations, which, according to the A., would cause a break of continuity in the observation, and also in the interpretation of findings, and this is not always easy to be re-instated with ease and precision.
  • (3) Luleå’s Clarion Sense Hotel was my base for the night and before venturing out for some evening reconnaissance I checked out its Skybar restaurant – for some surprisingly tender reindeer, and sea buckthorn sorbet.
  • (4) A new Nimrod maritime reconnaissance aircraft will be scrapped even though £3.6bn – about the amount of money the entire defence budget will be cut by over the next four years – has already been spent on it.
  • (5) After six minutes of reconnaissance, it exploded, briefly.
  • (6) But there were only 15 there at the start because Kevin Magnussen and Daniil Kvyat failed to survive their reconnaissance laps.
  • (7) The Americans are supplying the intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance air capacity as well as most of the air-to-air refuelling.
  • (8) He was part of the reconnaissance unit of the 25th armoured brigade, which had been doing most of the fighting in Abyan province in the last year.
  • (9) The US has begun reconnaissance flights over Syria in preparation for a possible cross-border expansion of its aerial campaign against Islamic State militants in Iraq.
  • (10) US and British special forces have been deployed in Libya in recent weeks, with drones and intense reconnaissance by American, British and French warplanes.
  • (11) All four followed the instructions of Hussain, who meticulously organised the scheme: from getting the missile and bombs, to reconnaissance missions, to teaching the tenets of radical Islam.
  • (12) Instead, he says, the trip is about reconnaissance: a tentative toe on the Tarmac before a first tilt at the full 26.2-mile distance in 2014.
  • (13) The new high-definition images come from the American space agency Nasa's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft.
  • (14) This war, now almost totally forgotten, was the first in which aircraft went up in reconnaissance to signal enemy positions to artillery batteries; it was also the first to see aerial bombardments, using bombs thrown from Italian aeroplanes and airships.
  • (15) He vanished in 1972 alongside Kevin McKee after the IRA suspected the pair of working as undercover agents for a secret army unity known as the Military Reconnaissance Force, which was carrying out a covert war against the IRA in Belfast during the Troubles’ bloodiest year.
  • (16) On 27 January 1945 a reconnaissance patrol from the Soviet 107th Rifle Division emerged from the snow-laden forest 70km west of Kraków.
  • (17) In recent weeks, French and US reconnaissance flights have flown over Sabratha and Isis bases further east at Sirte, Benghazi and Derna.
  • (18) SAS reservists have traditionally been used as a long-range reconnaissance force but in recent years have served alongside SAS regulars in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
  • (19) We're going to use our unique capabilities, air power, ISR [intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance] and our training ability to make sure Iraqi forces on one side and Syrian opposition forces on the other side of the border can take the fight to Isil."
  • (20) The RAF has about 10 armed Reaper reconnaissance drones in Afghanistan, and these could be deployed in Iraq or Jordan if the war against Isis looks as if it may be prolonged.

Scout


Definition:

  • (n.) A swift sailing boat.
  • (n.) A projecting rock.
  • (v. t.) To reject with contempt, as something absurd; to treat with ridicule; to flout; as, to scout an idea or an apology.
  • (n.) A person sent out to gain and bring in tidings; especially, one employed in war to gain information of the movements and condition of an enemy.
  • (n.) A college student's or undergraduate's servant; -- so called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a gyp; and at Dublin, a skip.
  • (n.) A fielder in a game for practice.
  • (n.) The act of scouting or reconnoitering.
  • (v. t.) To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.
  • (v. t.) To pass over or through, as a scout; to reconnoiter; as, to scout a country.
  • (v. i.) To go on the business of scouting, or watching the motions of an enemy; to act as a scout.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) If Carlsberg made adverts for football scouts ... Scott Murray Martial, who could potentially cost Manchester United £58.8m, had quite a bit to prove.
  • (2) Arnesen then compounded his problems by connecting sackings of his own scouting staff to Abramovich's recent financial losses - angering the Russian billionaire.
  • (3) Newspaper editors and TV bosses want to hear that their scouts have seen "must see" shows, when in fact having seen things everyone else has seen, when there are over 2,000 different shows daily, should be a sackable offence.
  • (4) It was pored over by line producers, prop masters, location scouts, production designers, scenic designers, costume designers, directors, assistant directors, second assistant directors, and second second assistant directors – at each step becoming more real, as if emerging from the shimmer of some distant desert horizon.
  • (5) It is hard to imagine any form of drafting that would not criminalise any contemporary form of the Kinder Scout trespass, or direct action protest occupations.
  • (6) As a scout, it’s my job to find the real-world locations that best match the director’s vision of New York.
  • (7) We are seeing a significant rise in the number of referrals each month from the Goddard inquiry, and these allegations relate to abuse in a range of institutions from the church, to schools, the scouts and hospitals.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Simon Bailey, head of the coordinating unit Operation Hydrant.
  • (8) Already the scouts are searching for the next school: C4 wants another series next year.
  • (9) The soldiers in the undated video, which was posted anonymously on the web, appear to be members of Scout Sniper Team 4, a US marine unit based in North Carolina that served in Afghanistan until last autumn.
  • (10) A Czech Scout has been praised after she confronted a neo-Nazi at a rally in Brno.
  • (11) Chelsea sent one and Leicester scouts also became regulars at the Luminus Arena.
  • (12) Beckham scouted locations for a new stadium in Miami last week and is looking for investors.
  • (13) Confessions of a location scout: why the New York beloved of the movies doesn't exist any more Read more Meanwhile, those apartment and condo owners who are full-time residents routinely join landlords in jacking up commercial rents, driving out beloved small businesses and neighbourhood eateries, and reducing the cityscape to a monoculture of faceless chain stores, nail salons, bank branches and overpriced restaurants.
  • (14) Fans were sceptical of the abilities of Martin Ferguson, Sir Alex's younger brother, who became Manchester United's chief European scout.
  • (15) The location and plane direction of the scan were guided by findings on initial coronary MR scout scans and by a review of the angiograms.
  • (16) He began to take part in the school's Duke of Edinburgh scheme, and joined a number of clubs, such as drama, chemistry and chess as well as the Scouts.
  • (17) She was either scouted for this year’s X Factor or turned up of her own accord – either way she didn’t make it through.
  • (18) It will be difficult, but you don’t know in time.” He continued: “Iain was brought in to do a job to recruit and scout players, and Iain was experienced at that job.
  • (19) When I came here, our scouts showed me some footage of a very skilled player from Red Star Belgrade.
  • (20) It’s window dressing,” said Harry Hughes, who said he had just returned from the field, monitoring cartel scouts.