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Coordinator or Officer - What's the difference?

coordinator | officer |

As nouns the difference between officer and coordinator

is that officer is (one who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization)One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations while coordinator is one who coordinates.

As a verb officer

is to supply with officers.

coordinator

English

Alternative forms

* (qualifier) * co-ordinator

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who coordinates.
  • (grammar) a lexical class of words that joins words, phrases, and clauses at the same syntactic level.
  • officer

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (senseid)One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations.
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  • (senseid)One who holds a public office.
  • (senseid)An agent or servant imparted with the ability, to some degree, to act on initiative.
  • (senseid)(colloquial, military) A commissioned officer.
  • Derived terms

    * non-commissioned officer

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To supply with officers .
  • To command like an officer .
  • Synonyms

    * direct * conduct * manage