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As far as I know, a coup is when a government is overthrown by its military. A revolution is when the people replaces the ruling class by another one.
there are lots of kinds of non-military coups. judicial coups, self-coups, the business plot, some kinds of election fraud...
Theres also Self-Coups (Peru 1992), Legislative Coups (Brazil 2016) and that time the US Supreme Court decided that Bush won the election. I think Revolutions usually start within the civilian population and the military and police joins in as the goverment begins to fall. Coups are more organized.
most revolutions have had some form of military or paramilitary participation. it usually isnt just a spontaneous uprising
Yes but involvement in this case would be distinct from the military acting primarily on its own, and as an institution. For instance the soldiers who sided with the Bolsheviks did so as defectors, or as already having been arrested for treason