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Whistleblower vs Narc - What's the difference?

whistleblower | narc |

As nouns the difference between whistleblower and narc

is that whistleblower is while narc is (slang) a narcotics squad police officer or narc can be (slang) (spy).

As a verb narc is

(slang) or narc can be (slang) to suffer from impaired judgment due to nitrogen narcosis (eg while scuba diving).

whistleblower

English

Noun

(en noun)

    • narc

    English

    (wikipedia narc)

    Etymology 1

    Abbreviation of "narcotics officer".

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) A narcotics squad police officer.

    • Etymology 2

    Alternate spelling of .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) (spy)

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (slang)
    • “If you narc on me, I’ll rip your arms off”, said Tim to his little brother, as he passed him a cigarette.

    See also

    * stool pigeon

    Etymology 3

    Short for "narcosis", etymologically related to the first etymology (from "narcotics officer") but instead referring to the medical condition of nitrogen narcosis rather than to narcotics.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (slang) To suffer from impaired judgment due to nitrogen narcosis (e.g. while scuba diving).

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