Army vs. Police

Armynoun

A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.

Armynoun

Used absolutely for that entire branch of the armed forces.

Armynoun

(often capitalized) Within a vast military, a very large tactical contingent (e.g. a number of divisions).

Armynoun

The governmental agency in charge of a state's army.

Armynoun

(figuratively) A large group of people working toward the same purpose.

Armynoun

(figuratively) A large group of social animals working toward the same purpose.

Armynoun

(figuratively) Any multitude.

Armynoun

A collection or body of men armed for war, esp. one organized in companies, battalions, regiments, brigades, and divisions, under proper officers.

Armynoun

A body of persons organized for the advancement of a cause; as, the Blue Ribbon Army.

Armynoun

A great number; a vast multitude; a host.

Armynoun

a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state

Armynoun

a large number of people united for some specific purpose

Army

An army (from Latin arma via Old French armée, [feminine]), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on land. In the broadest sense, it is the land-based military branch, service branch or armed service of a nation or state.

Policenoun

A civil force granted the legal authority for law enforcement and maintaining public order.

Policenoun

A police officer.

Policenoun

(obsolete) Policy.

Policenoun

(obsolete) Communal living; civilization.

Policenoun

The regulation of a given community or society; administration, law and order etc.

Policeverb

(transitive) To enforce the law and keep order among (a group).

Policeverb

(transitive) To patrol or clean up an area.

Policeverb

To enforce norms or standards upon.

Policenoun

A judicial and executive system, for the government of a city, town, or district, for the preservation of rights, order, cleanliness, health, etc., and for the enforcement of the laws and prevention of crime; the administration of the laws and regulations of a city, incorporated town, or borough.

Policenoun

That which concerns the order of the community; the internal regulation of a state.

Policenoun

The organized body of civil officers in a city, town, or district, whose particular duties are the preservation of good order, the prevention and detection of crime, and the enforcement of the laws.

Policenoun

Military police, the body of soldiers detailed to preserve civil order and attend to sanitary arrangements in a camp or garrison.

Policenoun

The cleaning of a camp or garrison, or the state a camp as to cleanliness.

Policeverb

To keep in order by police.

Policeverb

To make clean; as, to police a camp.

Policenoun

the force of policemen and officers;

Policeverb

maintain the security of by carrying out a control

Police

The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and the use of force legitimized by the state via the monopoly on violence.