Colonel vs Admiral - What's the difference?
colonel | admiral |
A commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps. In U.S. military, it ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general.
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A naval officer of the highest rank; the commander of a country's naval forces.
A naval officer of high rank, immediately below Admiral of the Fleet; the commander of a fleet or squadron.
A flag officer in the United States Navy or Coast Guard of a grade superior to vice admiral and junior to admiral of the fleet (when that grade is used). An admiral is equal in grade or rank to a four star general.
The ship which carries the admiral, the flagship; also, the most considerable ship of a fleet.
(obsolete) A prince or Saracen leader under the Sultan.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of Europe and America, especially a red admiral or white admiral.
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As nouns the difference between colonel and admiral
is that colonel is a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps. In U.S. military, it ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general while admiral is a naval officer of the highest rank; the commander of a country's naval forces.colonel
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(en noun)- The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it. […] But there was not a more lascivious reprobate and gourmand in all London than this same Greystone.