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Officer vs. Captain — What's the Difference?

Officer vs. Captain — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Officer and Captain

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Officer

An officer is a person who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization.

Captain

The officer in command of a ship, aircraft, or spacecraft.

Officer

One who holds an office of authority or trust in an organization, such as a corporation or government.

Captain

A precinct commander in a police or fire department, usually ranking above a lieutenant and below a chief.

Officer

One who holds a commission in the armed forces.
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Captain

The designated leader of a team or crew in sports.

Officer

A noncommisioned officer or warrant officer.

Captain

A commissioned rank in the US Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps that is above first lieutenant and below major.

Officer

A person licensed in the merchant marine as master, mate, chief engineer, or assistant engineer.

Captain

One who holds this rank or a similar rank in another military organization.

Officer

A police officer.

Captain

A commissioned rank in the US Navy or Coast Guard that is above commander and below rear admiral.

Officer

To furnish with officers.

Captain

One who holds this rank or a similar rank in another military organization.

Officer

To command or manage as an officer.

Captain

A figure in the forefront; a leader
A captain of industry.

Officer

One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations.

Captain

A district official for a political party.

Officer

A respectful term of address for an officer, especially a police officer.

Captain

A restaurant employee who is in charge of the waiters and usually attends to table seating.

Officer

One who holds a public office.

Captain

A bell captain.

Officer

An agent or servant imparted with the ability, to some degree, to act on initiative.

Captain

To act as captain of; command or direct
Captained the football team.

Officer

A commissioned officer.

Captain

A chief or leader.

Officer

(transitive) To supply with officers.

Captain

The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
The captain is the last man to leave a sinking ship.

Officer

(transitive) To command like an officer.

Captain

An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.

Officer

One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church officer; a police officer; a staff officer.

Captain

A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.

Officer

Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer or an enlisted man.

Captain

A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to a United States Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.

Officer

To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over.

Captain

One of the athletes on a sports team who is designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.

Officer

To command as an officer; as, veterans from old regiments officered the recruits.

Captain

The leader of a group of workers.
John Henry said to the captain, "A man ain't nothing but a man."

Officer

Any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command;
An officer is responsible for the lives of his men

Captain

The head boy of a school.

Officer

Someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust;
He is an officer of the court
The club elected its officers for the coming year

Captain

A maître d', a headwaiter.

Officer

A member of a police force;
It was an accident, officer

Captain

(southern US) An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel.

Officer

A person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel;
He is the officer in charge of the ship's engines

Captain

(intransitive) To act as captain

Officer

Direct or command as an officer

Captain

(transitive) To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team.

Captain

A head, or chief officer
A trainband captain eke was he.
The Rhodian captain, relying on . . . the lightness of his vessel, passed, in open day, through all the guards.

Captain

A military leader; a warrior.
Foremost captain of his time.

Captain

To act as captain of; to lead.
Men who captained or accompanied the exodus from existing forms.

Captain

Chief; superior.
Captain jewes in the carcanet.

Captain

An officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant

Captain

The naval officer in command of a military ship

Captain

A policeman in charge of a precinct

Captain

An officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship

Captain

The leader of a group of people;
A captain of industry

Captain

The pilot ins charge of an airship

Captain

A diningroom attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers

Captain

Be the captain of a sports team

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