Private and Sergeant

Private

Private noun - An enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines.

Sergeant and private are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sergeant" instead a noun "Private".

Sergeant

Sergeant noun - Any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal.
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Synonyms for Sergeant

Private and sergeant are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Private" with "Sergeant", this nouns are similar.

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Less Disturbing in Context The sergeant and a private rush in and see the major and another private covered head to toes in white goo and holding a Playboy issuenote porn was illegal in the USSR, but merely possessing it was usually punished with confiscation, especially by 1990, when the story is set.
  • Drill Sergeant Nasty The movie Major Payne, with a kill-happy Special Forces Major playing drill sergeant to a bunch of private military school misfits.
  • Drill Sergeant Nasty Kaufman, a private gets revenge on a Drill Sergeant Nasty by tying him up during a first-aid demonstration and then leaving him to drown on a beach.
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