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Associate vs Abettor - What's the difference?

associate | abettor |

As nouns the difference between associate and abettor

is that associate is (slang) an associate's degree while abettor is one that abets an offender; one that incites; instigates; encourages .

associate

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Joined with another or others and having equal or nearly equal status.
    • He is an associate editor.
  • Having partial status or privileges.
    • He is an associate member of the club.
  • Following or accompanying; concomitant.
  • (biology, dated) Connected by habit or sympathy.
    • associate motions: those that occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner or colleague.
  • A companion; a comrade.
  • One that habitually accompanies or is associated with another; an attendant circumstance.
  • A member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (associat)
  • (lb) To join in or form a league, union, or association.
  • (lb) To spend time socially; keep company.
  • :
  • *
  • *:As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish,I do not suppose that it matters much in reality whether laws are made by dukes or cornerboys, but I like, as far as possible, to associate with gentlemen in private life.
  • (lb) To join as a partner, ally, or friend.
  • (lb) To connect or join together; combine.
  • :
  • (lb) To connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination.
  • *(rfdate) (John Keats) (1795-1821)
  • *:I always somehow associate Chatterton with autumn.
  • * (1800-1859)
  • *:He succeeded in associating his name inseparably with some names which will last as long as our language.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Philip J. Bushnell
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  • To endorse.
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  • (lb) To be associative.
  • To accompany; to keep company with.
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:Friends should associate friends in grief and woe.

    • Synonyms

    * join

    Antonyms

    * disassociate

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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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