gendarmerie vs police

gendarmerie and police both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gendarmerie	Yes	No	No	No
police	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, police is a hypernym of gendarmerie; that is, police is a word with a broader meaning than gendarmerie:

gendarmerie: French police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively
police: the force of policemen and officers

Other hypernyms of gendarmerie include constabulary, law, police force.

gendarmerie (noun)	police (noun)
French police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively	the force of policemen and officers

gendarmerie (verb)	police (verb)
	maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol