Commander vs Sergeant - What's the difference?
commander | sergeant |
One who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization.
A naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain.
One who exercises control and direction over a group of persons.
A designation or rank in certain non-military organizations such as NASA and various police forces.
(obsolete) The chief officer of a commandry.
A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc.
A rank within an honorary order: e.g. Commander of the Legion of Honour.
UK army rank with NATO code , senior to corporal and junior to warrant officer ranks.
The highest rank of noncommissioned officer in some non-naval military forces and police.
* {{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
, title=Well Tackled!
, chapter=13 (legal, historical) A lawyer of the highest rank, equivalent to the doctor of civil law.
(UK, historical)
A fish, the cobia.
As a noun commander
is one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization.As a proper noun sergeant is
.commander
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(en noun)sergeant
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Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete) * sergeaunt (obsolete) * serjeant (obsolete)Noun
(wikipedia sergeant) (en noun)citation, passage=“Yes, there are two distinct sets of footprints, both wearing rubber shoes—one I think ordinary plimsolls, the other goloshes,” replied the sergeant .}}
- (Blackstone)
- sergeant surgeon, i.e. a servant, or attendant, surgeon