Colonel vs Sergeant - What's the difference?
colonel | sergeant |
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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UK army rank with NATO code , senior to corporal and junior to warrant officer ranks.
The highest rank of noncommissioned officer in some non-naval military forces and police.
* {{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
, title=Well Tackled!
, chapter=13 (legal, historical) A lawyer of the highest rank, equivalent to the doctor of civil law.
(UK, historical)
A fish, the cobia.
As nouns the difference between colonel and sergeant
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 sergeant is uK army rank with NATO code OR-6, senior to corporal and junior to warrant officer ranks.As a proper noun Sergeant is
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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.sergeant
English
Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete) * sergeaunt (obsolete) * serjeant (obsolete)Noun
(wikipedia sergeant) (en noun)citation, passage=“Yes, there are two distinct sets of footprints, both wearing rubber shoes—one I think ordinary plimsolls, the other goloshes,” replied the sergeant .}}
- (Blackstone)
- sergeant surgeon, i.e. a servant, or attendant, surgeon
