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Troop vs. Troupe
Troop
/truːp/Examples:
We all trooped into the dining room.Nutcracker flew up and down, haranguing the troops in animating words:Men, you are firing on your own troops.
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This word has no antonymsTroupe
/truːp/Examples:
The troupe will perform their new play this weekend.After weeks of rehearsal, the troupe was ready for the stage.Our high school has a talented drama troupe.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Troop has two os like the number of soldiers in a group, which helps to remember it refers to a large number of people or soldiers.
- Think of troupe with a u as in us, since a troupe is a team of performers, entertainers, or actors.
- Troop, like trooper, is associated with soldiers or organized groups.
- Troupe rhymes with group, which is what it is - a group of entertainers.
- Troop is like trooper and both relate to military contexts, while troupe with the u sounds more like us, i.e., people coming together to entertain.
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