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what is difference in meaning between 'official' and 'officer'?
Official is adjective and used with matters(nouns) connected with office, as: official file, official letter, official work Officer is noun and a person who does official work having responssibility or of supervisory in nature.
Official can also be used as a noun eg. government officials.
–noun 1. a person appointed or elected to an office or charged with certain duties.
That makes it more confusing. I think official is higher in ranking than officer.
not a teacher.
You are right. Official can be used as noun and it denotes a peroson who works for Government or any other organisation, not necessarily mean only holding high positions. In that case you must use an adjective, high ranking official.
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