Accomplice vs Conspire - What's the difference?
accomplice | conspire |
(rare) A cooperator.
* Success unto our valiant general, And happiness to his accomplices ! - Shakespeare, Henry VI Part I, V-ii
(legal) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.
* And thou, the cursed accomplice of his treason. - Johnson
* Suspected for accomplice to the fire. -
To secretly plot or make plans together, often used regarding something bad or illegal.
* Bible, Genesis xxxvii. 18
To agree, to concur to one end.
* Roscommon
* 1744 , , act 3, scene 5
To try to bring about.
* Bishop Hall
As a noun accomplice
is (rare) a cooperator.As a verb conspire is
.accomplice
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Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
* Followed by with'' or ''of'' before a person and by ''in'' (or sometimes ''of'') before the crime; as, A was an ''accomplice'' with B in the murder of C. Dryden uses it with ''to before a thing.Synonyms
* abettor, accessory, assistant, associate, confederate, coadjutor, ally, promoter; see abettor.conspire
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Verb
(conspir)- They conspired against [Joseph] to slay him.
- The press, the pulpit, and the stage / Conspire to censure and expose our age.
- I feel my vanquish'd heart conspire
- To crown a flame by Heav'n approv'd.
- Angry clouds conspire your overthrow.