What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Police vs Doctor - What's the difference?

police | doctor |

In obsolete terms the difference between police and doctor

is that police is communal living; civilization while doctor is a teacher; one skilled in a profession or a branch of knowledge; a learned man.

In transitive terms the difference between police and doctor

is that police is to patrol an area while doctor is to alter or make obscure, as with the intention to deceive, especially a document.

police

English

Noun

(-)
  • A civil force granted the legal authority for law enforcement and maintain public order.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=18 citation , passage=‘Then the father has a great fight with his terrible conscience,’ said Munday with granite seriousness. ‘Should he make a row with the police […]? Or should he say nothing about it and condone brutality for fear of appearing in the newspapers?}}
  • * {{quote-book, 2006, David Simon, Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, page=440 citation
    • , passage=This time it is the worst kind of call a murder police can get.}}
  • (obsolete) Policy.
  • (obsolete) Communal living; civilization.
  • * 2002 , , The Greta Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 218:
    • The notion of ‘police ’ – that is, rational administration – was seen as a historical force which could bring civilized improvement to societies.

    Synonyms

    * the cobblers, the fuzz, pigs]], , bobbies, peelers, woodentops (qualifier), [[6-up, the law

    Derived terms

    * chief of police * police box * police brutality * police captain * police car * police chief * police commissioner * police constable * police department * police detective * police dog * police force * police headquarters * police jury * police lieutenant * policeman * police officer * police precinct * police protection * police record * police sergeant * police service * police squad * police state * police station * police van * police wagon * policewoman

    Related terms

    * policy * political * politician * politicize * politic * politics * polity

    Verb

    (polic)
  • To enforce the law and keep order among (a group).
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=May 24, author=Nathan Rabin, work=The Onion AV Club
    • , title= Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3 , passage=Smith returns in Men In Black 3 as a veteran agent of a secret organization dedicated to policing the earth’s many extraterrestrials. }}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist), author=Schumpeter
    • , title= Cronies and capitols , passage=Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector. Governments have to find the best people to fill important jobs: there is a limited supply of people who understand the financial system, for example.}}
  • To patrol an area.
  • * 2006 , , Hundred-Dollar Baby , Putnam, ISBN 0399153764, page 275,
    • "Fire off several rounds in a residential building and stop to police the brass?"
    1000 English basic words ----

    doctor

    English

    Alternative forms

    * doctour (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A physician; a member of the medical]] profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick. The final examination and qualification may award a doctor degree in which case the post-nominal letters are , DMD, DDS, DPT, DC, in the US or MBBS in the UK.
    • If you still feel unwell tomorrow, see your doctor .
  • * Shakespeare
    • By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death / Will seize the doctor too.
  • A person who has attained a doctorate, such as a or one of many other terminal degrees conferred by a college or university.
  • A veterinarian; a medical practitioner who treats animals.
  • (A nickname for) a person who has special knowledge or talents to manipulate or arrange transactions.
  • (obsolete) A teacher; one skilled in a profession or a branch of knowledge; a learned man.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • one of the doctors of Italy, Nicholas Macciavel
  • (dated) Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency.
    • the doctor of a calico-printing machine, which is a knife to remove superfluous colouring matter
    the doctor , or auxiliary engine, also called "donkey engine"
  • * 2010 , Ramesh Bangia, Dictionary of Information Technology (page 172)
    • The use of a disk doctor may be the only way of recovering valuable data following a disk crash.
  • A fish, the friar skate.

    • Usage notes

    * Doctor is capitalized when used as a title: *: Doctor Smith

    Synonyms

    * (physician) doc (informal), family doctor, general practitioner, GP (UK), medic, physician, sawbones (slang), surgeon (who undertakes surgery ) * (veterinarian) vet, veterinarian, veterinary, veterinary surgeon

    Derived terms

    See also'' Types of academic doctor ''below * an apple a day keeps the doctor away * Angelic Doctor * barefoot doctor * the Cape Doctor * cleaning-doctor * color-doctor, colour-doctor * bedoctor * clown doctor * company doctor * couch doctor * dedoctor * doc * doctoral * doctor-assisted suicide * doctor blade * doctor-box * doctordom * doctoress, doctress * doctor-fish * doctor-gum * doctorhead, doctorhood * doctorish * doctorishness * doctorism * doctorise, doctorize * doctorless * doctorly * Doctor Martens * Doctor of Divinity * Doctor of Law * Doctor of Letters * Doctor of Philosophy * Doctor of Science * Doctor of the Chair * Doctor of Veterinary Medicine * Doctors' Commons * doctor's curse * doctor's gum * doctor-shears * doctorship * doctor's orders * the Doctors of the Church * doctorspeak * doctor's stuff, doctor-stuff * Dr, * family doctor * flying doctor * the Fremantle Doctor * herb doctor * horse-doctor * just what the doctor ordered, what the doctor ordered * lint-doctor * mad-doctor * paradoctor * quack doctor * rain-doctor * saw doctor * school doctor * snake doctor * spin doctor * under-doctor * underdoctored * under the doctor * undoctor * undoctored * water-doctor * witch doctor * woman doctor * you are the doctor, you're the doctor

    Related terms

    (types of academic doctor) * Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine () * Doctor of Arts () * Doctor of Architecture () * Doctor of Applied Science () * Doctor of Business Administration () * Doctor of Chemistry () * Doctor of Chiropractic () * Doctor of Civil Law () * Doctor of Criminal Justice () * Doctor of Comparative/Civil Law () * Doctor of Computer Science () * Doctor of Criminology () * Doctor of Dental Medicine () * Doctor of Dental Surgery () * Doctor of Design () * Doctor of Education () * Doctor of Environmental Design () * Doctor of Engineering () * Doctor of Environment () * Doctor of Engineering Science () * Doctor of Forestry () * Doctor of Fine Arts () * Doctor of Geological Science () * Doctor of Hebrew Literature/Letters () * Doctor of Health and Safety () * Doctor of Hebrew Studies () * Doctor of Industrial Technology () * Doctor of Information Technology () * Doctor of Juridical Science () * Doctor of Library Science () * Doctor of Music () * Doctor of Musical Arts () * Doctor of Musical Education () * Doctor of Ministry () * Doctor of Modern Languages () * Doctor of Music Ministry () * Doctor of Medical Science () * Doctor of Nursing Science () * Doctor of Public Administration () * Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine () * Doctor of Pharmacy () * Doctor of Philosophy () * Doctor of Physical Education () * Doctor of Physical Therapy () * Doctor of Podiatric Medicine () * Doctor of Psychology () * Doctor of Public Health () * Doctor of Professional Studies () * Doctor of Religious Education () * Doctor of Recreation () * Doctor of Science () * Doctor of Science in Dentistry () * Doctor of Science and Hygiene () * Doctor of Science in Veterinary Medicine () * Doctor of Sacred Music () * Doctor of Social Science () * Doctor of Social Work () * Doctor of Canon Law () * Doctor of the Science of Law () * Doctor of Rehabilitation () * Doctor of Sacred Theology () * Doctor of Science () * Doctor of Technology () * Doctor of Theology () * Doctor of the University () * Doctor of Veterinary Medicine or Veterinary Medical Doctor () * Divinitatis Doctor, Doctor of Divinity () * Juris Doctor, Doctor of Law () * Optometry Doctor, Doctor of Optometry () * Legum Doctor, Doctor of Laws () * Literarum Doctor, Doctor of Letters () * Medicine Doctor, Doctor of Medicine () * Music Doctor, Doctor of Music ()

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To act as a medical doctor to.
    • Her children doctored her back to health.
  • To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor; to confer a doctorate upon.
  • To physically alter (medically or surgically) a living being in order to change growth or behavior.
    • They doctored their apple trees by vigorous pruning, and now the dwarfed trees are easier to pick.
    We may legally doctor a pet to reduce its libido.
  • To genetically alter an extant species.
    • ''Mendel's discoveries showed how the evolution of a species may be doctored .
  • To alter or make obscure, as with the intention to deceive, especially a document.
    • To doctor the signature of an instrument with intent to defraud is an example of forgery.

    See also

    * doctorand * * surgeon

    Statistics

    * ----