soldier vs foot soldier

foot soldier vs soldier

soldier and foot soldier both are nouns.

soldier is a verb but foot soldier is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
soldier	Yes	No	Yes	No
foot soldier	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, foot soldier is a hyponym of soldier; that is, foot soldier is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than soldier:

soldier: an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
foot soldier: fights on foot with small arms

Other hyponyms of soldier include Gurkha, Anzac, cannon fodder, fodder, fresh fish, cavalryman, trooper, cavalryman, trooper, color bearer, standard-bearer, Confederate soldier, lobsterback, redcoat, flanker, goldbrick, Green Beret, guardsman, Highlander, footslogger, infantryman, marcher, Janissary, jawan, legionary, legionnaire, man-at-arms, marine, militiaman, orderly, para, paratrooper, peacekeeper, pistoleer, poilu, point man, ranker, regular, reservist, rifleman, Section Eight, tank driver, tanker, territorial, Unknown Soldier, Wac, Uriah.

soldier (noun)	foot soldier (noun)
a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony	fights on foot with small arms
an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army	an assistant subject to the authority or control of another

soldier (verb)	foot soldier (verb)
serve as a soldier in the military

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