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.

Policemen vs Cooper - What's the difference?

policemen | cooper |

As nouns the difference between policemen and cooper

is that policemen is (policeman) while cooper is a craftsman who makes and repairs barrels and similar wooden vessels such as casks, buckets and tubs.

As a verb cooper is

to make and repair barrels etc.

policemen

English

Noun

(head)
  • (policeman)

  • policeman

    English

    Noun

    (policemen)
  • A member of a police force, especially one who is male.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=19 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.}}
  • (chemistry) A glass rod capped at one end with rubber, used in a chemistry laboratory for gravimetric analysis.
  • Synonyms

    * (member of a police force) See * (glass rod with rubber cap) rubber policeman

    Antonyms

    * policewoman

    Hypernyms

    * police officer

    Derived terms

    * sleeping policeman

    cooper

    Translingual

    Proper noun

    (mul-proper noun)
  • A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Daniel Cooper (~1817-1842).