Colonel vs Chief - What's the difference?
colonel | chief |
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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(senseid)A leader or head of a group of people, organisation, etc.
* 1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 4:
(heraldiccharge) The top part of a shield or escutcheon.
* 1889 , Charles Norton Elvin, A Dictionary of Heraldry :
(senseid)A head officer in a department, organization etc.; a boss.
An informal address to an equal.
Primary; principal.
As nouns the difference between colonel and chief
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 chief is (leader of group etc)A leader or head of a group of people, organisation, etc.As an adjective chief is
primary; principal.colonel
English
Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete) * (abbreviation) * (abbreviation)Noun
(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.
Usage notes
* When used as a title, it is always capitalized.chief
English
(wikipedia chief)Noun
(en noun)- My father, Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa, was a chief by both blood and custom.
- When the Chief' is Charged with any figure, in blazon it is said to be "''On a '''Chief ".
- All firefighters report to the fire chief .
- Hey, chief.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
(chief) * chief constable * chiefess * chief executive * chief executive officer/CEO * chief legal officer * chief mate * chief of staff * chief of state * chief petty officer * commander in chief * dexter chief * editor in chief * fire chief * in chief * police chief * war chiefAdjective
(-)- Negligence was the chief cause of the disaster.
