operative vs case officer

case officer vs operative

operative and case officer both are nouns.

operative is an adjective but case officer is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
operative	Yes	Yes	No	No
case officer	Yes	No	No	No

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

operative: a person secretly employed in espionage for a government
case officer: an operative who also serves as an official staffer of an intelligence service

Other hyponyms of operative include agent-in-place, agent provocateur, provocateur, bridge agent, codetalker, windtalker, foot, NOC, spy, undercover agent, walk-in.

operative (noun)	case officer (noun)
someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information and assist in criminal investigations	an operative who also serves as an official staffer of an intelligence service
a person secretly employed in espionage for a government

operative (adjective)	case officer (adjective)
being in force or having or exerting force
relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine
(of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing
effective; producing a desired effect

Difference between operative and case officer

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