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Collaborationist vs Quisling - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between collaborationist and quisling

is that collaborationist is one who collaborates, a collaborator while quisling is a traitor who collaborates with the enemy.

collaborationist

English

(collaborationism)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who collaborates, a collaborator.

    • quisling

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pejorative) A traitor who collaborates with the enemy.
  • * 1993 , :
    • The man she cherishes, the man she butterfly-kisses, the man she sleeps curved around like two spoons in a drawer. It is he who is evil, he who is sworn to destroy her, an emotional quisling of the first water.
    (English Citations of "quisling")

    Synonyms

    * (traitor) collaborator, traitor, rat

    Derived terms

    * quisle (verb, a back-formation) * quisling-hearted * quislingism * quislingize, quislingized * quisling-minded * quisling-style

    See also

    * fifth column English eponyms English terms derived from Norwegian ----