Officer vs. Official

Officernoun

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

Officernoun

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

Officernoun

One who holds a public office.

Officernoun

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

Officernoun

A commissioned officer.

Officerverb

(transitive) To supply with officers.

Officerverb

(transitive) To command like an officer.

Officernoun

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.

Officernoun

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

Officerverb

To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over.

Officerverb

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

Officernoun

any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command;

Officernoun

someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust;

Officernoun

a member of a police force;

Officernoun

a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel;

Officerverb

direct or command as an officer

Officer

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

Officialadjective

Of or pertaining to an office or public trust.

Officialadjective

Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority

Officialadjective

Approved by authority; authorized.

Officialadjective

sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinal

Officialadjective

Discharging an office or function.

Officialadjective

Relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant.

Officialadjective

Relating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.

Officialadjective

True, real, beyond doubt.

Officialnoun

An office holder invested with powers and authorities.

Officialnoun

A person responsible for applying the rules of a game or sport in a competition.

Officialadjective

Of or pertaining to an office or public trust; as, official duties, or routine.

Officialadjective

Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority; as, an official statement or report.

Officialadjective

Approved by authority; sanctioned by the pharmacopœia; appointed to be used in medicine; as, an official drug or preparation. Cf. Officinal.

Officialadjective

Discharging an office or function.

Officialnoun

One who holds an office; esp., a subordinate executive officer or attendant.

Officialnoun

An ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.

Officialnoun

a worker who holds or is invested with an office

Officialnoun

someone who administers the rules of a game or sport;

Officialadjective

having official authority or sanction;

Officialadjective

of or relating to an office;

Officialadjective

verified officially;

Officialadjective

conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline;

Officialadjective

(of a church) given official status as a national or state institution

Officialadjective

relating to an authority or public body and its activities and responsibilities

Officialadjective

having the approval or authorization of an authority or public body

Officialadjective

employed by an authority or public body in a position of authority

Officialnoun

a person holding public office or having official duties, especially as a representative of an organization or government department

Officialnoun

the presiding officer or judge of an archbishop's, bishop's, or archdeacon's court.

Official

An official is someone who holds an office (function or mandate, regardless whether it carries an actual working space with it) in an organization or government and participates in the exercise of authority, (either their own or that of their superior and/or employer, public or legally private). An elected official is a person who is an official by virtue of an election.