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Assistant vs Abettor - What's the difference?

assistant | abettor |

Abettor is a synonym of assistant.



As nouns the difference between assistant and abettor

is that assistant is someone who is present; a bystander, a witness while abettor is one that abets an offender; one that incites; instigates; encourages.

As an adjective assistant

is having a subordinate or auxiliary position.

assistant

English

Alternative forms

* assistaunt (obsolete)

Adjective

(-) (attributive)
  • Having a subordinate or auxiliary position.
    • an assistant surgeon
  • Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.
  • * Beattie
    • Genius and learning are mutually and greatly assistant to each other.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Someone who is present; a bystander, a witness.
  • *, II.3:
    • a woman of great authority, having first yeelded an accompt unto her Citizens, and shewed good reasons why she was resolved to end her life, earnestly entreated Pompey to be an assistant at her death, that so it might be esteemed more honourable.
  • A person who assists or helps someone else.
  • (British) Sales assistant.
  • A software tool that provides assistance in some task.

    • Related terms

    * assist * assistance

    Anagrams

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    abettor

    English

    Alternative forms

    * abetter

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One that abets an offender; one that incites; instigates; encourages.
  • A supporter or advocate.

    • Usage notes

    * Abettor is usually used in a legal sense. * abettor, accessory, accomplice. These words denote different degrees of complicity in some deed or crime. * An abettor is one who incites or encourages to the act, without sharing in its performance. * An accessory'' supposes a principal offender. One who is neither the chief actor in an offense, nor present at its performance, but ''accedes'' to or becomes involved in its guilt, either by some previous or subsequent act, as of instigating, encouraging, aiding, or concealing, etc., is an ''accessory . * An accomplice'' is one who participates in the commission of an offense, whether as principal or accessory. Thus in treason, there are no ''abettors'' or ''accessories'', but all are held to be principals or ''accomplices . * (supporter) Nowadays it usually refers to a reprehensible act that is supported.

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