Specialist vs Sergeant - What's the difference?
specialist | sergeant |
Someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research.
(medicine) A physician whose practice is limited to a particular branch of medicine or surgery.
(US, military) Any of several non-commissioned ranks corresponding to that of corporal.
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 an adjective specialist
is (british) specialised.As a noun specialist
is someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research.As a proper noun sergeant is
.specialist
English
Noun
(en noun) (wikipedia specialist)Synonyms
* (Someone who is an expert or devoted to a particular area of study) aficionado, enthusiast, connoisseurAntonyms
* generalistHypernyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* specialisticAnagrams
* ----sergeant
English
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