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police detective vs tracer

tracer vs police detective

police detective and tracer both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
police detective Yes No No No
tracer Yes No No No
As nouns, tracer is a hyponym of police detective; that is, tracer is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than police detective:
  • police detective: a police officer who investigates crimes
  • tracer: an investigator who is employed to find missing persons or missing goods
Other hyponyms of police detective include dick, gumshoe, hawkshaw, plainclothesman.
police detective (noun) tracer (noun)
a police officer who investigates crimes ammunition whose flight can be observed by a trail of smoke
(radiology) any radioactive isotope introduced into the body to study metabolism or other biological processes
an instrument used to make tracings
an investigator who is employed to find missing persons or missing goods
Difference between police detective and tracer

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