Accessory vs Complicity - What's the difference?
accessory | complicity |
Having a secondary, supplementary or subordinate function by accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; being additional; being connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or being contributory. Said of persons and things, and, when of persons, usually in a bad sense; as, he was accessory'' to the riot; ''accessory sounds in music.
(legal) Assisting a crime without actually participating in committing the crime itself.
Present in a minor amount, and not essential.
Something that belongs to part of another main thing; something additional and subordinate, an attachment.
* (rfdate) :
(fashion) An article that completes one's basic outfit, such as a scarf or gloves.
(legal) A person who is not present at a crime, but contributes to it as an assistant or instigator.
(art) Something in a work of art without being indispensably necessary, for example solely ornamental parts.
(senseid)The state of being complicit; involvement as a partner or accomplice, especially in a crime or other wrongdoing.
* 1854 , , Hard Times , ch. 32:
(archaic) Complexity.Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.
* 1861 , Dr. Marx, "Musical Education and Instruction," The Musical Times , vol. 10, no. 220, p. 53:
As nouns the difference between accessory and complicity
is that accessory is something that belongs to part of another main thing; something additional and subordinate, an attachment while complicity is (senseid)the state of being complicit; involvement as a partner or accomplice, especially in a crime or other wrongdoing.As an adjective accessory
is having a secondary, supplementary or subordinate function by accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; being additional; being connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or being contributory said of persons and things, and, when of persons, usually in a bad sense; as, he was accessory'' to the riot; ''accessory sounds in music.accessory
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Alternative forms
* (noun) accessaryEtymology 1
First attested in 1550s. From (etyl) accessorie , from (etyl) accessus. Compare English access, from same root.Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* (having a secondary function) accompanying, contributory, auxiliary, subsidiary, subservient, additional, accedingDerived terms
* accessory breathingEtymology 2
* (legal) First attested in 1414. * (fashion) First attested in 1896.Noun
(accessories)- the accessories of a mobile phone
- the aspect and accessories of a den of banditti
Synonyms
* (one who assists in or instigates an offense) abettor, accomplice, ally, coadjutor, accessaryDerived terms
* accessory before the fact * accessory after the factReferences
*complicity
English
(wikipedia complicity)Noun
(complicities)- He drew up a placard, offering Twenty Pounds reward for the apprehension of Stephen Blackpool, suspected of complicity in the robbery of Coketown Bank.
- How easy is it, on the other hand, to an enlightened teacher, particularly in the beginning, to elucidate the various forms of rhythm by methodical arrangement in respect of simplicity and increasing complicity or mixture!