different between detection vs detective
detection
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??t?k??n/
- Rhymes: -?k??n
Noun
detection (countable and uncountable, plural detections)
- The act of detecting or sensing something; discovering something that was hidden or disguised.
- The finding out of a constituent, a signal, an agent or the like, mostly by means of a specific device or method.
Translations
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detective
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??t?kt?v/
- Rhymes: -?kt?v
Noun
detective (plural detectives)
- (law enforcement) A police officer who looks for evidence as part of solving a crime; an investigator.
- A person employed to find information not otherwise available to the public.
Synonyms
- (law enforcement): DT (abbreviation), Det (abbreviation)
- (person employed to find information): private detective, private investigator
- (person employed to find information): (slang) dick, private dick
- sleuth
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Translations
Adjective
detective (not comparable)
- Employed in detecting.
Asturian
Noun
detective m or f (plural detectives)
- detective
Galician
Noun
detective m (plural detectives)
- detective
Further reading
- “detective” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Portuguese
Noun
detective m (plural detectives)
- Alternative form of detetive
Spanish
Etymology
From English detective.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dete??tibe/, [d?e.t?e???t?i.??e]
Noun
detective m or f (plural detectives)
- detective
Usage notes
- detective may be masculine or feminine, but the less common detectiva exists for female detectives as well.
Derived terms
- detective privado
- detectivesco
Further reading
- “detective” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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