Accused vs Prisoner - What's the difference?
accused | prisoner |
(accuse)
(legal) The person charged with an offense; the defendant in a criminal case.
Having been accused; being the target of accusations.
* 1883 , Charlotte Mary Yonge, Landmarks of Recent History, 1770-1883 , Walter Smith (publisher),
* 1891 , Charles Grant Robertson, Caesar Borgia: The Stanhope Essay for 1891 , B.H. Blackwell,
* 2007 , Patricia Love and Steven Stosny, How to Improve Your Marriage Without Talking about It: Finding Love Beyond Words , Random House, ISBN 9780767923170,
A person incarcerated in a prison, while on trial or serving a sentence.
Any person held against their will.
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*:Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile?; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.
As nouns the difference between accused and prisoner
is that accused is the person charged with an offense; the defendant in a criminal case while prisoner is a person incarcerated in a prison, while on trial or serving a sentence.As a verb accused
is past tense of accuse.As an adjective accused
is having been accused; being the target of accusations.accused
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(accused)Usage notes
* (noun) Preceded by the word the .Adjective
(en adjective)pages 11–12:
- This power chiefly fell to the queen, and she was more accused than ever of too much leaning towards her own country;
pages 8–9:
- Naples had an almost stronger preference for the interposition of Spain, while the great republic of Venice in the eyes of Italy stood accused of aspiring to bring the whole peninsula under its sway,
page 188:
- If she felt unimportant, you showed her that she was important to you. If she felt accused , you reassured her. If she felt guilty, you helped her feel better.