Soldier or Warrior?

What is the difference?....or am I just playing with words?

soliders wear uniforms, warriors don't, no?

is your average gang member a soldier or warrior then

niether!

and thats how they percieve themselves do you think?

maybe...i don't really know...and could care less to tell you the truth. maybe if i was a soilder i would be offended.

Where is michaelsmith when ya need answers?

the difference is subtle, but it's there

warrior
noun
(esp. in former times) a brave or experienced soldier or fighter.
ORIGIN Middle English : from Old Northern French werreior, variant of Old French guerreior, from guerreier ?make war,? from guerre ?war.?

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soldier
noun
1 a person who serves in an army.
? (also common soldier or private soldier) a private in an army.
2 Entomology a wingless caste of ant or termite with a large specially modified head and jaws, involved chiefly in defense.
3 Brit., informal a strip of bread or toast, used for dipping into a soft-boiled egg.
? [usu. as adj. ] an upright brick, timber, or other building element.
verb [ intrans. ]
serve as a soldier : [as n. ] ( soldiering) soldiering was what the colonel understood.
? ( soldier on) informal carry on doggedly; persevere : Gary wasn't enjoying this, but he soldiered on.
? informal work more slowly than one's capacity; loaf or malinger : is it the reason you've been soldiering on the job?
DERIVATIVES
soldierly adjective
soldiership noun ( archaic).
ORIGIN Middle English : from Old French soldier, from soulde ?(soldier's) pay,? from Latin solidus (see solidus ). The verb dates from the early 17th cent.

source: new oxford american dictionary

Maybe a soldier is rank and file and a warrior is an exceptional soldier?