Sergeant vs. Corporal
Difference Between Sergeant and Corporal
Sergeantnoun
UK army rank with NATO code OR-6, senior to corporal and junior to warrant officer ranks.
Corporaladjective
(archaic) Having a physical, tangible body; material, corporeal.
Sergeantnoun
The highest rank of noncommissioned officer in some non-naval military forces and police.
Corporaladjective
Of or pertaining to the body, especially the human body; bodily.
corporal punishmentcorporal sufferingSergeantnoun
A lawyer of the highest rank, equivalent to the doctor of civil law.
Corporaladjective
(zoology) Pertaining to the body (the thorax and abdomen), as distinguished from the head, limbs and wings, etc.
Sergeantnoun
A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign.
sergeant surgeon, i.e. a servant, or attendant, surgeonCorporalnoun
(military) A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private.
Sergeantnoun
A fish, the cobia.
Corporalnoun
A non-commissioned officer rank in the police force, below a sergeant but above a private or patrolman.
Sergeantnoun
any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the army or air force or marines ranking above a corporal
Corporalnoun
A worker in charge of the wagonway, reporting to the deputy.
Sergeantnoun
a lawman with the rank of sergeant
Corporalnoun
(ecclesiastical) The white linen cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed; a communion cloth.
Sergeantnoun
an English barrister of the highest rank
Corporalnoun
a noncommissioned officer in the army or airforce or marines
Corporaladjective
affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit;
bodily needsa corporal defectcorporeal sufferinga somatic symptom or somatic illnessCorporaladjective
possessing or existing in bodily form;
what seemed corporal melted as breath into the windan incarnate spirit`corporate' is an archaic term
