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police work vs detective work

detective work vs police work

police work and detective work both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
police work Yes No No No
detective work Yes No No No
As nouns, detective work is a hyponym of police work; that is, detective work is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than police work:
  • police work: the investigation of criminal activities
  • detective work: a police investigation to determine the perpetrator
Other hyponyms of police work include detecting, detection, sleuthing, forensics, roundup, surveillance.
police work (noun) detective work (noun)
the investigation of criminal activities a police investigation to determine the perpetrator
Difference between police work and detective work

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