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Accessary vs Ingredient - What's the difference?

accessary | ingredient |

As nouns the difference between accessary and ingredient

is that accessary is (legal) someone who accedes to some act, now especially a crime; one who contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense while ingredient is ingredient.

As an adjective accessary

is (legal) accompanying as a subordinate; additional; accessory; especially, uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor see accessory.

accessary

English

Alternative forms

* accessory

Noun

(accessaries)
  • (legal) Someone who accedes to some act, now especially a crime; one who contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense.
  • Derived terms

    * accessary before the fact (legal) one who commands or counsels an offense, not being present at its commission. * accessary after the fact (legal) one who, after an offense, assists or shelters the offender, not being present at the commission of the offense.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (legal) Accompanying as a subordinate; additional; accessory; especially, uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See accessory.
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  • Usage notes

    * "This word, as used in law, is spelt accessory'' by Blackstone and many others; but in this sense is spelt ''accessary'' by Bouvier, Burrill, Burns, Whishaw, Dane, and the Penny Cyclopedia; while in other senses it is spelt ''accessory''. In recent text-books on criminal law the distinction is not preserved, the spelling being either ''accessary'' or ''accessory''." - ''Webster, 1913 Since that time this trend has accelerated.

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    ingredient

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of the substances present in a mixture.
  • * Sir Isaac Newton
  • By way of analysis we may proceed from compounds to ingredients .
  • * Arbuthnot
  • Water is the chief ingredient in all the animal fluids and solids.

    Holonyms

    * mixture