What's the difference between constable and policeman?

Constable


Definition:

  • (n.) A high officer in the monarchical establishments of the Middle Ages.
  • (n.) An officer of the peace having power as a conservator of the public peace, and bound to execute the warrants of judicial officers.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) One chief constable policing a rural area said he would have a copy of the winning candidate's manifesto on his desk when he met the new PCC on their first day of work.
  • (2) Doreen Lawrence to speak at conference on police spying, corruption and racism Read more Mick Creedon, the Derbyshire Chief Constable who is leading the police’s internal investigation into the SDS, said the public inquiry “will help us with the work that is already underway to make sure that the unacceptable behaviour of some officers in the past never happens again”.
  • (3) The home secretary, Theresa May , told the police service on Tueday that rank and file officers should expect annual rises in contributions of £349 for a new constable to £1,169 for a senior PC.
  • (4) In South Yorkshire there is Max Sahota, the assistant chief constable.
  • (5) A joint statement from the chief constables of Warwickshire, West Mercia and West Midlands forces said: "Andrew Mitchell MP has never made a complaint to police.
  • (6) Sir Hugh Orde, Acpo's president, said on Friday the introduction of police commissioners would create "inevitable tension" with chief constables over local and national policing priorities.
  • (7) In her first straight dramatic role, albeit one with comedy elements, Hart has proved a hit: Chummy's awkward flirting with Constable Noakes, wobbly cycling and surprise medical ability delighting the show's more than 10 million viewers.
  • (8) The chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, Matt Baggott, one of his senior police commanders and the Derry regional office of the Public Prosecution Service have all received devices in the last week.
  • (9) "I knew that police officers had been hurt and things were on fire and it had all got crazy," the constable said.
  • (10) South Yorkshire police’s own new acting chief constable, Dave Jones, said he would “welcome an appropriate independent assessment of Orgreave ”, as part of the force facing up to its conduct in the past.
  • (11) At one point Keith Vaz, the chair, told the chief constable of West Mercia: "This is a car crash."
  • (12) Forty years after Reynolds's death, Constable painted one of the most emotionally charged tributes ever paid to one artist by another.
  • (13) After the chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, George Hamilton, said he believed individual PIRA members were involved in the McGuigan murder, the Ulster Unionist party pulled out of the five-party coalition at Stormont in protest .
  • (14) As a cabinet minister, it's unacceptable for someone of his standing to use such disrespectful and abusive language to a police constable, let alone anyone else.
  • (15) In an interview with the Guardian, the deputy chief constable, Dave Thompson, said the force had lost 1,500 officers in the past five years with a further 1,000 posts expected to be axed if the current rate of cuts continues.
  • (16) To fight crime, we need a modern and flexible workforce that helps chief constables manage their resources, maximise officer time and improve the service to the public."
  • (17) The Manchester police deputy chief constable, Ian Pilling, said the decision to up the threat level to critical would help the investigation into the attack.
  • (18) Chief constables are to press the home secretary, Theresa May , to authorise the use of water cannon by any police force across England and Wales to deal with anticipated street protests.
  • (19) While Scarman's was a one-man show, the Lawrence inquiry is chaired by a retired judge and is advised by a retired deputy chief constable, a bishop, and a senior figure from the Jewish community.
  • (20) The chief constable, Peter Fahy, the lead on workforce development for the Association of Chief Police Officers, said the review would "lay lasting foundations for the police service".

Policeman


Definition:

  • (n.) A member of a body of police; a constable.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It seems like an awfully long way from the ground.” He added: “When I was younger, I dreamed of being an astronaut, but I also wanted to be a policeman or a firebreather.
  • (2) Sometimes the way the MP [military policeman] holds the head chokes me, and with all the nerves in the nose the tube passing the nose is like torture,” Dhiab said in a legal filing.
  • (3) A fifth victim - an Israeli policeman - succumbed to his injuries late on Tuesday night.
  • (4) Barack Obama today phoned the white policeman he said had "acted stupidly" in arresting a black Harvard professor in his own home and invited the officer to visit the White House as the president attempted to defuse a growing race row over the incident.
  • (5) It featured Adam Dalgliesh, the poet-policeman, and he seemed old-fashioned, too, intellectual and a trifle upper-class.
  • (6) The general atmosphere was that there was no point in summoning the police – the policeman is a local settler from Kiryat Arba who comes to pray with the Hebron settlers at the Tomb of the Patriarchs on Fridays.
  • (7) Further up the scale, the median teacher pension was £10,275, although retired policeman are on average picking up £15,636 and the average retired judge is on £53,876.
  • (8) Russian officials said the diplomat had attacked the policeman.
  • (9) When Michael is naughty she threatens to hand him over to "the policeman" and she sends grumpy Jane to exile inside a cracked Doulton bowl.
  • (10) He was speaking shortly before the arrival at RAF Lyneham, in Wiltshire, of the bodies of six British troops, including five shot dead by a "rogue" Afghan policeman they were training.
  • (11) In fact, though, it’s the policeman who appears ill at ease.
  • (12) The tissue flask adherent population was removed with the aid of a rubber policeman.
  • (13) O’Driscoll was cleared of knowing about Quinn, but faced two other charges – that he was part of the Chelsea policeman conspiracy and the alleged conspiracy to pay Neave for information on high profiles prisoners such as the Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe.
  • (14) "These are crucial elections that we hope will make things better in Iraq," said one voter, policeman Hatef Yidam.
  • (15) A policeman holds up his hand to stop the protesters.
  • (16) No policeman had taken part in torture and the killings of thousands of activists.
  • (17) The idea was conceived by Ryan Coogler , whose 2013 Cannes award-winning drama Fruitvale Station told the real-life story of a young black man shot dead by a white transport policeman in the early hours of New Year’s Day 2009.
  • (18) A policeman who used an anonymous blog to post personal opinions on the force and criticise government ministers has received a written warning but is unlikely to face further disciplinary action.
  • (19) A Swiss special policeman patrols on a roof before the start of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum 2014 in Davos.
  • (20) In Womme, a local policeman said villagers believe that Ebola is nothing more than an invention of white people, to kill black people.