Adjutant vs Comity - What's the difference?
adjutant | comity |
(military) A lower-ranking officer who assists a higher-ranking officer with administrative affairs.
An assistant.
A bird in the genus Leptoptilos of the stork family Ciconiidae.
The noun used as a modifier (e.g. adjutant officer).
Courtesy and considerate behaviour towards others; social harmony.
*1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 96:
*:There, I saw not only flare-ups of ethnic animosity, but the comity that was also possible among men of different backgrounds.
Friendly understanding and mutual recognition between two entities, especially nations.
* Houston Chronicle
As nouns the difference between adjutant and comity
is that adjutant is a lower-ranking officer who assists a higher-ranking officer with administrative affairs while comity is courtesy and considerate behaviour towards others; social harmony.As an adjective adjutant
is the noun used as a modifier (e.g. adjutant officer).adjutant
English
(wikipedia adjutant) (Leptoptilos)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (bird) marabouDerived terms
* (bird) greater adjutant, Leptoptilos dubius * (bird) lesser adjutant, Leptoptilos javanicusAdjective
(-)Synonyms
* *See also
* adjuvant * aid ----comity
English
Noun
(comities)- Democrats took control of the House and Senate after 12 years of nearly unbroken Republican rule, with resolute calls for bipartisan comity and a pledge to move quickly on an agenda of health care, homeland security, education and energy proposals.