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Corps vs Cops - What's the difference?

corps | cops |

As nouns the difference between corps and cops

is that corps is a battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions while cops is plural of lang=en; Police officers.

As a verb cops is

third-person singular of cop.

corps

English

Noun

(corps)
  • (military) A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions.
  • An organized group of people united by a common purpose.
  • * diplomatic corps
  • * White House press corps

    • Anagrams

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    cops

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (head)
  • (slang) ; Police officers.
  • * 1986 , Liam Sternberg (performed by The Bangles), Walk Like an Egyptian
    • All the cops in the donut shops say, "Way-oh-way-oh-way-ooo-aaa-ooo"
  • The police, considered as a group entity.
  • * 1906 ,
    • "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)
  • (cop)

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

  • (UK, dialect) The connecting crook of a harrow.
  • * 1807 , The complete farmer: or, a general dictionary of husbandry
    • It is almost needless to say, that the true point of draught should be exactly in the centre notch of the cops

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