Finest vs Cops - What's the difference?
finest | cops |
(fine)
(informal) Police officers.
(slang) ; Police officers.
* 1986 , Liam Sternberg (performed by The Bangles), Walk Like an Egyptian
The police, considered as a group entity.
* 1906 ,
(cop)
(UK, dialect) The connecting crook of a harrow.
* 1807 , The complete farmer: or, a general dictionary of husbandry
As nouns the difference between finest and cops
is that finest is (informal) police officers while cops is .As an adjective finest
is (fine).finest
English
Adjective
(head)- This is the finest wine you can get here.
- Use the finest sandpaper available.
Derived terms
* finest hourNoun
(-)- Fifty of New York's finest were on hand for security.
See also
* bravestAnagrams
* ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==Adjective
(head)cops
English
Etymology 1
Noun
(head)- All the cops in the donut shops say, "Way-oh-way-oh-way-ooo-aaa-ooo"
- "Maybe he'll git the cops after you, Jack." "I'll watch out fer dat, Nick, an' you must watch out too," answered Jack Sagger.
Verb
(head)Etymology 2
Noun
- It is almost needless to say, that the true point of draught should be exactly in the centre notch of the cops