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Adjutant vs Comity - What's the difference?

adjutant | comity |

As nouns the difference between adjutant and comity

is that adjutant is a lower-ranking officer who assists a higher-ranking officer with administrative affairs while comity is courtesy and considerate behaviour towards others; social harmony.

As an adjective adjutant

is the noun used as a modifier (e.g. adjutant officer).

adjutant

English

(wikipedia adjutant) (Leptoptilos)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (military) A lower-ranking officer who assists a higher-ranking officer with administrative affairs.
  • An assistant.
  • A bird in the genus Leptoptilos of the stork family Ciconiidae.

    • Synonyms

    * (bird) marabou

    Derived terms

    * (bird) greater adjutant, Leptoptilos dubius * (bird) lesser adjutant, Leptoptilos javanicus

    Adjective

    (-)
  • The noun used as a modifier (e.g. adjutant officer).

    • Synonyms

    * *

    See also

    * adjuvant * aid ----

    comity

    English

    Noun

    (comities)
  • Courtesy and considerate behaviour towards others; social harmony.
  • *1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 96:
  • *:There, I saw not only flare-ups of ethnic animosity, but the comity that was also possible among men of different backgrounds.
  • Friendly understanding and mutual recognition between two entities, especially nations.
  • * Houston Chronicle
    • Democrats took control of the House and Senate after 12 years of nearly unbroken Republican rule, with resolute calls for bipartisan comity and a pledge to move quickly on an agenda of health care, homeland security, education and energy proposals.

    Synonyms

    * (l)