police detective vs tec

police detective and tec both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
police detective	Yes	No	No	No
tec	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, police detective and tec are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of police detective include detective, investigator.

police detective (noun)	tec (noun)
a police officer who investigates crimes	a police officer who investigates crimes