Policeman vs Postman - What's the difference?
policeman | postman |
A member of a police force, especially one who is male.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=19 (chemistry) A glass rod capped at one end with rubber, used in a chemistry laboratory for gravimetric analysis.
(chiefly, British) someone (implied male) who delivers the post (mail) to, and/or collects the post from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes.
One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court of Exchequer, who have precedence in motions, so called from the place where he sits, the other of the two being the tubman.
* James Whishaw, A Synopsis of the Members of the English Bar
As nouns the difference between policeman and postman
is that policeman is a member of a police force, especially one who is male while postman is someone (implied male) who delivers the post (mail) to, and/or collects the post from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes.policeman
English
Noun
(policemen)citation, passage=Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman' s helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.}}
Synonyms
* (member of a police force) See * (glass rod with rubber cap) rubber policemanAntonyms
* policewomanHypernyms
* police officerDerived terms
* sleeping policemanSee also
* constable English nouns with irregular pluralspostman
English
Noun
(postmen)- Postman of the Court of Exchequer.