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Sergeant vs Instructor - What's the difference?

sergeant | instructor |

As a proper noun sergeant

is .

As a noun instructor is

one who instructs; a teacher.

sergeant

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete) * sergeaunt (obsolete) * serjeant (obsolete)

Noun

(wikipedia sergeant) (en noun)
  • 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 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 .}}
  • (legal, historical) A lawyer of the highest rank, equivalent to the doctor of civil law.
  • (Blackstone)
  • (UK, historical)
  • sergeant surgeon, i.e. a servant, or attendant, surgeon
  • A fish, the cobia.
  • Anagrams

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    instructor

    English

    Alternative forms

    * instructour (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who instructs; a teacher
  • Synonyms

    * instructer (much less common)