Central vs Military - What's the difference?
central | military |
Being in the centre.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-27, volume=408, issue=8846, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= Being the most important.
Having or containing the centre of something.
Being very important, or key to something.
* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=September 7, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport
, title= Characteristic of members of the armed forces.
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*:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
(lb) Relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force (often as distinguished from civilians or police forces).
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Relating to war.
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Relating to armies or ground forces.
Armed forces.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(Gary Younge)
, volume=188, issue=26, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= (US, with the) U.S. armed forces in general, including the Marine Corps.
As adjectives the difference between central and military
is that central is being in the centre while military is characteristic of members of the armed forces.As a noun military is
armed forces.central
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Adjective
(en adjective)Putting down roots, passage=The plantoid
Moldova 0-5 England, passage=Cleverley was a central figure as England took the lead inside three minutes. He saw his shot handled by Moldovan defender Simion Bulgaru and Lampard drilled home the penalty in trademark fashion.}}
Derived terms
* central bank * central heating * central locking * centralisation * centralise * centrally * centralnessmilitary
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Adjective
(en adjective)Noun
(en-noun)Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution, passage=The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.}}