law officer vs lieutenant

lieutenant vs law officer

law officer and lieutenant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
law officer	Yes	No	No	No
lieutenant	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, lieutenant is a hyponym of law officer; that is, lieutenant is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than law officer:

law officer: an officer of the law
lieutenant: an officer in a police force

Other hyponyms of law officer include attorney general, border patrolman, constable, deputy, deputy sheriff, flatfoot, patrolman, gaoler, jailer, jailor, prison guard, screw, turnkey, police lieutenant, marshal, marshall, military policeman, MP, narc, narcotics agent, nark, officer, police officer, police sergeant, sergeant, sheriff, solicitor general, Ranger, Texas Ranger, warden, warder.

law officer (noun)	lieutenant (noun)
an officer of the law	an officer in a police force
	a commissioned military officer
	an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent
	an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant commander and above lieutenant junior grade

Difference between law officer and lieutenant

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