Civil vs Military - What's the difference?
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(uncomparable) Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.
(comparable) Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner.
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)
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, title= (US, with the) U.S. armed forces in general, including the Marine Corps.
As adjectives the difference between civil and military
is that civil is (uncomparable) having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion while military is characteristic of members of the armed forces.As a noun military is
armed forces.civil
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Adjective
(en adjective)- She went into civil service because she wanted to help the people .
- It was very civil of him to stop the argument
Derived terms
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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.}}