police officer vs copper

copper vs police officer

police officer and copper both are nouns.

police officer is not a verb while copper is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
police officer	Yes	No	No	No
copper	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

police officer: a member of a police force
copper: uncomplimentary terms for a policeman

Other hyponyms of police officer include bobby, bull, cop, fuzz, pig, captain, police captain, police chief, constable, police constable, detective, investigator, police detective, tec, gendarme, inspector, motorcycle cop, motorcycle policeman, speed cop, police matron, policewoman, Mountie, shoofly, traffic cop, trooper, state trooper, trooper, policeman.

police officer (noun)	copper (noun)
a member of a police force	any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings
	a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper
	uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
	a copper penny
	a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor

police officer (verb)	copper (verb)
	coat with a layer of copper

Difference between police officer and copper

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