different between constable vs superintendent

English

Etymology

From Middle English constable, cunstable, constabil, connestable, cunestable, from Old French conestable, from Latin comes stabul? (“officer of the stables”). For the sense-development, compare marshal.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?nst?b?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?nst?b?l/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?k?nst?b?l/

Noun

constable (plural constables)

1. One holding the lowest rank in most Commonwealth police forces. (See also chief constable.)
2. (Britain, law) A police officer or an officer with equivalent powers.
3. (historical) An officer of a noble court in the Middle Ages, usually a senior army commander. (See also marshal).
4. The warden of a castle.
5. (US) A public officer, usually at municipal level, responsible for maintaining order or serving writs and court orders.
6. (Channel Islands) An elected head of a parish (also known as a connétable)
7. A large butterfly, Dichorragia nesimachus, family Nymphalidae, of Asia.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:police officer

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

constable (third-person singular simple present constables, present participle constabling, simple past and past participle constabled)

1. (intransitive, dated) To act as a constable or policeman.

Anagrams

• balconets

English

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin superintendens, a calque of Ancient Greek ????????? (epískopos); thence being distantly related to English bishop.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?sju?p???n?t?nd?nt/, /?su?p???n?t?nd?nt/

Noun

superintendent (plural superintendents)

1. A person who is authorized to supervise, direct or administer something.
2. (Commonwealth of Nations) A police rank used in Commonwealth countries, ranking above chief inspector, and below chief superintendent.
3. The manager of a building, usually a communal residence, who is responsible for keeping the facilities functional and often collecting rent or similar payments, either as also the building's landlord or on behalf of same. Often abbreviated "super".
4. The head of a Sunday school.
5. In some Protestant churches, a clergyman having the oversight of the clergy of a district.
6. (chiefly US) A janitor.

Synonyms

• manager
• foreman
• chief, head, head man
• controller, comptroller
• overseer
• supervisor

Derived terms

• supt. (abbreviation)
• SP (abbreviation)
• chief superintendent
• detective superintendent (DSupt)
• detective chief superintendent (DCS)
• superintendential

Related terms

• superintend
• superintendency

Translations

See also

• (policing) police constable (PC), woman police constable (WPC), detective constable (DC), detective sergeant (DS), detective inspector (DI), detective chief inspector (DCI)

Adjective

superintendent (not comparable)

1. Overseeing; superintending.

Romanian

Etymology

From German Superintendent

Noun

superintendent m (plural superintenden?i)

1. superintendent

Declension