Ranking vs Franking - What's the difference?
ranking | franking |
(in combination) having a specified rank
superior
*2002 , , Afghanistan: A Military History from Alexander the Great to the War against the Taliban , page 176
*:Eldred Pottinger was now the ranking political officer and had negotiated — at the insistence of the army's officers—an unmolested passage to Jalalabad.
Device or marking such as postage stamp, printed or stamped impressions, codings, labels, manuscript writings, or any other authorized form of markings affixed or applied to mails to qualify them to be postally serviced.
As nouns the difference between ranking and franking
is that ranking is ranking, table while franking is device or marking such as postage stamp, printed or stamped impressions, codings, labels, manuscript writings, or any other authorized form of markings affixed or applied to mails to qualify them to be postally serviced.As a verb franking is
.ranking
English
(wikipedia ranking)Adjective
(en adjective)- As the ranking officer, Sergeant Taylor took charge of the investigation.