Captain vs Marshal - What's the difference?
captain | marshal |
A chief or leader.
*1526 , The (Bible) , tr. (William Tyndale), (w) 2:
*:For out of the shal come a captaine , whych shall govern my people israhel.
*1929 , (Rudyard Kipling), "
*:Stand up-stand up, Northumberland! / I bid you answer true, / If England's King has under his hand / A Captain as good as you?
The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
:
An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.
*
*:"A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain , as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out there.."
A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard]], NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a . A captain is equal in grade or rank to an Army, Marine Corps, or [[United States Air Force, Air Force colonel.
(senseid)One of the athletes on a sports team who designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.
*(Remember the Titans)
*:Captain's supposed to be the leader, right?
*{{quote-news, year=2012, date=May 5, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport
, title= The leader of a group of workers.
:
A .
*1977 , Don Felder, Don Henley and Glenn Frey, lyricists, ,
*:So I called up the Captain , "Please bring me my wine." / He said: "We haven't had that spirit here since 1969."
(lb) An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel .
for someone who was in charge of the horses of a royal household, or an occupational surname for someone who looked after horses, or was responsible for the custody of prisoners.
, transferred use of the surname since nineteenth century.
English surnames from occupations
As nouns the difference between captain and marshal
is that captain is a chief or leader while marshal is a high-ranking officer in the household of a medieval prince or lord, who was originally in charge of the cavalry and later the military forces in general.As verbs the difference between captain and marshal
is that captain is to act as captain while marshal is to arrange troops etc in line for inspection or a parade.captain
English
Noun
(en noun)The English Way":
Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool, passage=As Di Matteo celebrated and captain John Terry raised the trophy for the fourth time, the Italian increased his claims to become the permanent successor to Andre Villas-Boas by landing a trophy.}}