Regimen vs. Regiment — What's the Difference?

A regimen is a plan, or course of action such as a diet, exercise or medical treatment. A low-salt diet is a regimen.

A regiment is a military unit. Its role and size varies markedly, depending on the country, service and/or a specialisation.

A regulated system, as of medication, diet, or exercise, used to promote health or treat illness or injury.

A military unit of ground troops consisting of at least two battalions, usually commanded by a colonel.

A procedure, program, or routine

A large group of people.

A systematic way of managing something

To form (troops) into a regiment or regiments.

(Archaic) Governmental rule or control.

To put (things) into systematic order.

Orderly government; system of order; administration.

To subject (people) to strict control and rigid order.

(medicine) Any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation.

(military) A unit of armed troops under the command of an officer, and consisting of several smaller units; now specifically, usually composed of two or more battalions.

(grammar) object

Rule or governance over a person, place etc.; government, authority.

(grammar) A syntactical relation between words, as when one depends on another and is regulated by it in respect to case or mood; government.

(obsolete) The state or office of a ruler; rulership.

Diet; limitations on the food that one eats, for health reasons.

(obsolete) Influence or control exercised by someone or something (especially a planet).

Orderly government; system of order; adminisration.

(obsolete) A place under a particular rule; a kingdom or domain.

Any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation

A regimen.

A syntactical relation between words, as when one depends on another and is regulated by it in respect to case or mood; government.

(transitive) To form soldiers into a regiment.

(medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet)

(transitive) To systematize, or put in rigid order.

Government; mode of ruling; rule; authority; regimen.

A region or district governed.

A body of men, either horse, foot, or artillery, commanded by a colonel, and consisting of a number of companies, usually ten.

To form into a regiment or into regiments.

To form into classified units or bodies; to systematize according to classes, districts or the like.

To organize and manage in a uniform and rigid manner; to control with a strict discipline.

Army unit smaller than a division

Subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization;

Form (military personnel) into a regiment

Assign to a regiment;