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police work vs sleuthing

sleuthing vs police work

police work and sleuthing both are nouns.

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

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